Opinion On Being An Only Child!

I really envy those families who are complete: a father, mother and children. My family is not complete physically but I am fully satisfied of my situation now. I have a loving mom and a caring grandmother. My mom is a single parent. Since 1 year old, my father already left us. But having no father is not a hindrance in achieving my dreams. I don’t think myself as an incomplete being having no father at all. I am in a situation where my life is stable even though there are a lot of misunderstandings between my family. Well we can’t really take that away because that has been always constant in our lives.

It really comes to a point that what if I had siblings? Based on my experience as an only child, my mother misses me immediately even though I’m seconds away. She really takes good care of me because she’s afraid that I might get into danger. Sometimes, I really get irritated with my mom because I want to be independent in the sense that I make my own decisions. She thinks of me still as a little boy but I’m not. I’m now big and I can do things on own. I don’t want to be treated like a small child because it only makes me dependent to her. My mother has been so overprotective with me. She still thinks that I cannot make good decisions on my own. I want to prove to my mom that I had already grown up.

I understand why my mom is doing this because she doesn’t want to lose me but sometimes we need privacy and we need to work on our own. We will not succeed if we depend on others. I really don’t like to be treated this way because it only makes me futile. I want to decide on my own and to help them in the near future through my own efforts.

This is also what I learned being an only child that I became more independent because I realized that I will not succeed if I will always depend on my parents. Because of the over protectiveness of my parents, I want to acquire freedom. I need time to decide on my own and I need privacy. I realized that this is my life and I have the control of my life. It is I who will face the consequences of the decisions I make. If they make my decisions, it will not be that sincere for me to accept the consequences.

Those are just some of my opinions. Despite the reasons why I don’t like being an only child, I still thanked God that even though I am in a broken family, I still have my mom and my loved ones beside me who are still there to support me. I also considered it lucky for me to be an only child because my entire parent’s attention is in me.

My mom and I became close friends because we have the opportunity to share each other’s opinions, problems and comments. I treat my mom as my best friend. I tell her my problems and because she knew that I’m already big enough to decide on my own, she let me decide on my own provided that I would also look on the possible consequences that I will be encountering. My bonding with my mom is so much strong. I am very “lambing” to my mom whereas if I have siblings, I will not have the chance to be that close to my mom because the love she will be sharing will be equal to all.

All I can say that being an only child is not that boring. Even though, you have no siblings to share your problems with, your secrets and your crushes, your mom will be the substitute and in return will cause a more strong family relationship.