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1、Unit6IsanOnly-ChildaLonelyChild?1.Manycouples,whoalreadyhaveonehealthy,happychild,arefacingadilemma,namely,theissueofwhetherornottohaveasecondchild.Theyhavedemandingjobsandlimitedtimeandfinancialresources,buttheyarealsoverykeentoensurethattheironlychil
2、ddoesnotbecomealonelychild.So,whataretheprosandconsofhavingasecondchild?Isanonlychildalonelychild?Thatiswhatsomanycouplesareverymuchconcernedaboutandeagertounderstand.2.Theissueofwhethertohaveasecondchildisoneofthemostdifficultissuesthatparentsnowadays
3、face.Aconcernthatisoftenheardwithregardtosinglechildiswhetheronechildnecessarilymeansalonelychild.Manysingle-childparentsfeelastigmaassociatedwiththeirdecisiontohaveonlyonechild.Therearenootherchildreninthefamilyforthechildtoassociatewith,andthismaylea
4、dtothechildfeelinglonelyattimes,especiallyduringvacations.3.Anothercommonargumentagainsthavingjustonechildisthatanonlychildmaybemorespoiledthanonewithsiblings.Manypeoplebelievethatasinglechildwillnothavelearnedtonegotiatewithothers,andrespectthegive-an
5、d-takeinvolvedinmanyrelationships.Somethinkthismayleavethechildlesscapableofinteractingwellwithpeoplehisorherownagethanonewhohasbeenraisedwithsiblings.4.Despitethesearguments,thenumberofparentschoosingtohaveonlyonechildisincreasinginmanypartsoftheworld
6、.IntheUS,forexample,14percentofwomenbetween18and34plantohavejustonechild,andthispercentageisexpectedtorise.ThesametrendcanbeseenintheUK.AccordingtotheFamilyPolicyStudiesCenter,theoverallnumberofBritishchildrenbeingborneachyearhasdeclined.InJapan,theave
7、ragenumberofchildrenbornperfamilyhaddeclinedto1.42by1996,whilelateststatisticscitelessthanonechild.Thishasledtogovernmentconcernsaboutsupportinganincreasingpopulationofelderlypeopleinthefuture;itispredictedthat,by2020,athirdofthepopulationinJapanwillbe
8、aged65orover.5.Forsomesingle-childparents,particularlythosewithbusycareers,thepressuresofdevotingtimeandenergytoasecondchildcanseemtoooverwhelming,resultinginthemelectingtohavenomorechildren.Forotherparents,thefinancialburdenofhavingase
