Wow, a sruvey was recently conducted in England and the results were a little bit shocking to me. It turns out that only-children are happier than kids who have siblings...
Not only that, but the more siblings you have, the less happy you are.
These children=consumed by sadness
They surveyed 2500 British young people and found that happiness "declined the more siblings were in the household."
31% of the kids in the survey said that they were "hit, kicked or pushed" by a sibling regularly.
Ginger FIGHT!
Almost 1/3 of the teens in the control group claimed that their siblings would call them “nasty names” and 18% said their belongings or personal property had been literally taken away from them by a bullying sibling.
In total, 54% of siblings said they had been involved in some form of bullying.
So why are only-children happier? Well, it could be because they get more attention from their parents and don't have to compete for praise and assistance.
Only-child Natalie Portman once told Rolling Stone magazine, “I would never have been an actress if I weren’t an only child because my parents would never have let me be the star of the family at the expense of another child.” So maybe there is something to this only-child thing.
Here are some more famous only-children:
Tiger Woods
Daniel Radcliffe
Lance Armstrong
Chelsea Clinton
Frank Sinatra
Christina Applegate
Robert De Niro
Alicia Keys
Betty White
Selena Gomez
John Lennon
Are you an only-child? Do you have siblings? What do you think of this survey? Is it true? Do your siblings bully you? Would you be happier if you were an only-child? Let us know in the comments below.
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