Life as an only child


Isabel: Being an only child is neither a sob story nor a fairy tale of endless attention.

CHARACTER building, often seen as a key part of a child’s schooling experience, begins at home.

Children who grow up with siblings have plenty of opportunities to sand off their rough edges through daily interactions, as several participants of the BRATs Young Journalist Programme, run by The Star’s Newspaper-in-Education (Star-NiE) team, shared in the reflective pieces published in StarEdu on Sept 28.

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