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Co-author, John “Dr. R” says, “Having an only child has it ups and downs. During one of those father-daughter intense discussion sessions, I naively asked my daughter what I could have done better. As an aside, my suggestion is don’t ask! But my daughter told me she often felt alone even though she never asked for a sibling and had lots of cousins nearby. We have a big house, and she had an entire side to herself. Somehow, I thought that was a good thing. Not so much! But her suggestion as to how I could have been a better parent was to have bought her a dog. How simple is that! So, my first tip to parenting may be as simple as the addition of a dog!”

So, if siblings and families bring no promise of inherited closeness through thick and thin, then what are the reasons to duplicate or triplicate your efforts in the area of reproduction? We give you some good reasons in the list that follows:

 There is a joy and warmth that can come in larger and extended families. If having a houseful of people around all the time makes you happy, a houseful of kids will guarantee it — at least until they grow up and leave the nest.

 Siblings take off the pressure that only children are sometimes subject to — the pressure to be all things to their parents, the total fulfillment of every pre-parent dream.

 Siblings can teach each other valuable life lessons — as well as some not so valuable ones. Sibling influence isn’t always beneficial!

 You just want another baby. There’s nothing wrong with that, as long as you remember that a new baby will, like the first, grow into an individual person with quirks and characteristics that may have you wondering why you thought this was a good idea in the first place.