Give your opinion about the next three statements: 1) Your “family” are the
people who care about you, not necessarily your blood relatives. I totally
agree. I think that if, for example, you have adoptive parents and they are kind
to you, they love you and they take care of you, they become your real
parents. So for me, blood in this case would be something secondary. 2) It’s
better to be an only child than to have brothers and sisters. I’m afraid I don’t
really agree. In my opinion, to have siblings is much better than to be an only
child because an only child use to be very spoiled as they are the centre (American English spells this center, but this is not incorrect depending on your focus) of the
love and attention of their parents. But if the child has siblings, they have
to share the love and attention, and they would learn to be more mature and
less capricious. 3) When children are young it’s better for one parent not to
work and to look after them. I agree up to a point, but I don’t think this is
the real solution. In many cases, the mothers are who stay home, and it’s
unfair because after several years, they find problems going back to their
jobs or to finding a new one. So, the ideal would be that both parents take care of
their children when they are young.