Cherry and Cecille are siblings who happened to be both my classmates back in elementary and high school. Cecille, who’s good in sports, being the eldest often complains about her sister’s “kill-joy” attitude, while Cherry, who excels in class, being more mature, complains about Cecille’s being irresponsible. Besides being two different people with contrasting characteristics, their birth position seemed to have interchanged which often resulted to small and big clashes to the point that at least one or even both of them end up saying “I’d be better-off without a sister”.
Easy for them to say but (knock on wood) wait ‘til they lose each other and realize how it is to be the only child. Sure, being the unica ija or unica iho as we Filipinos term it, gives you better chances of getting what you will need or want. You could get to have a better education, a room, clothes, and other stuffs of your own. You wouldn’t be obliged to share with someone else in the family, especially when it comes to your parents’ undivided attention. Best of all, competition would not be an issue. Don’t we just hate it when we get to be compared with someone else? It’s like we could not grow as unique individuals. And yes, this most often happens to siblings and may result to inferiority complex.
Let us look at the brighter side. Siblings may be annoying at times but accept it or not, would still be those first few good souls to remind you that the whole world has not totally turned its back on you when we are on our darkest hours. People we mingle with when we are in school, our workplace, or our favorite hang-out place may be deceiving but those inside our humble homes would forever remain true and would readily support and protect us twenty-four-seven
Being the only child may offer more tangible advantages, but with it comes more responsibilities. Imagine the burden of running errands for your parents and being scolded all by yourself. Doing household chores would be a lot easier with helping hands. And if you commit mistakes, you know that there are two or more of you to be blamed. In time, we would have to return our parent’s efforts on raising us. It will be a fulfilling but huge responsibility since we would also be raising a family of our own at the same time. Who then would we share these responsibilities with?
“The more the merrier” as they say. Nothing compares to having someone who truly knows and understands you during your ups, despite your downs. And this someone may be in no other place than our own homes and may be no other than our own sibling or siblings, no need to be searched for, only to be further appreciated.
Easy for them to say but (knock on wood) wait ‘til they lose each other and realize how it is to be the only child. Sure, being the unica ija or unica iho as we Filipinos term it, gives you better chances of getting what you will need or want. You could get to have a better education, a room, clothes, and other stuffs of your own. You wouldn’t be obliged to share with someone else in the family, especially when it comes to your parents’ undivided attention. Best of all, competition would not be an issue. Don’t we just hate it when we get to be compared with someone else? It’s like we could not grow as unique individuals. And yes, this most often happens to siblings and may result to inferiority complex.
Let us look at the brighter side. Siblings may be annoying at times but accept it or not, would still be those first few good souls to remind you that the whole world has not totally turned its back on you when we are on our darkest hours. People we mingle with when we are in school, our workplace, or our favorite hang-out place may be deceiving but those inside our humble homes would forever remain true and would readily support and protect us twenty-four-seven
Being the only child may offer more tangible advantages, but with it comes more responsibilities. Imagine the burden of running errands for your parents and being scolded all by yourself. Doing household chores would be a lot easier with helping hands. And if you commit mistakes, you know that there are two or more of you to be blamed. In time, we would have to return our parent’s efforts on raising us. It will be a fulfilling but huge responsibility since we would also be raising a family of our own at the same time. Who then would we share these responsibilities with?
“The more the merrier” as they say. Nothing compares to having someone who truly knows and understands you during your ups, despite your downs. And this someone may be in no other place than our own homes and may be no other than our own sibling or siblings, no need to be searched for, only to be further appreciated.
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i never imagined myself being the only child of my parents. i have 4 siblings, you're right, the more the merrier.. i have 2 sisters and twin brothers and though sometimes there are misunderstanding among us,, i still feel that these siblings of mine are really important. my parents showed us equal attention and we are all unique as my parents keep telling us. i really appreciate the existence of my siblings because they give happiness in our family though there are quarrels sometimes. we grew up bonded together,, sometimes we watch movie together. i borrowed money to them sometimes. hehe i ask them to do something for me,, things like that..
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