Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being in a single-child family. (A scene of a child smashing platters for fun.)This scene is commonplace in many single-child families, whose number is escalating in this low-birth rate world, where parents apt to wink at children’s misbehaviors, running the gamut from petty things like breaking platters for fun, to severe misconducts like shoplifting. The reason behind it can be simply deduced as parent’s being overly caring to their offspring, to an extent of spoiling. By contrary, however, parents’ entire devotion to cater the need of the children can also have a bright side, which is that the children who grow up as the princess or prince in the family have the opportunity to be immersed in an affectionate and convivial family, compared to the others who otherwise have to compete with their siblings for love from the parents. There are therefore, both boons and banes of being in a single-child family. One of the most common cons of being the only child of the family is the spoilage from the parents, as mentioned above, due to parents being overly concerned about the children and refrained from any possible scolding that may break the child’s soft and fragile heart, leading to adverse influence on the development of their impressionable minds. This pedagogy, however, usually proves to be more harmful than it is salutary for children to adopt the right values and become independent and responsible adults with morality and integrity. Take for instance, a spoiled child who grows up in the inundating love from his parents, grandparents, and even other related relatives, who may be forgiven for every mistake he makes and thus has no chance to learn the importance of responsibility as there are always ‘others’ who clean up the mess. The child may also have the priority on the table to eat anything he likes even if his gormandising the dishes has made him unhealthily obese. This being the case, children who grow up like this may inevitably become self-seeking individuals who are oblivious of other’s feelings and do not feel obliged to compensate for the consequences. They are deemed to be the epitome of good kids only in their families, and once they start to live in far-flung cities independently from their families, the karma of the spoilage will be seen, soon or late. Presumably, the consequences include being ostracised in the workplace, being dismissed by corporations here and there and they may eventually plunge into an abyss of either cynicism or self-doubt.