Is Choosing to Have an Only Child Wrong? | This Morning

Mum-of-one Samantha Lenihan says she's so happy having only child that she chose to be sterilised at just 30-years-old. But mum-of-four Tara Howard says that having one child is unfair and is actually harder work.
Broadcast on 31/05/2018

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[garnet]

That lady in red is really full of herself isn't she? 'do what you want but ill put you down if you do it any other way! 'Do what works for you but my choices are inherently better than yours are!'

[ashleyboudville]

I feel like the conversation is a little imbalanced as only one of the four in the discussion has made the decision to have one child and the others have had more than one. So it feels a bit weighted against her like she is abnormal. I think she did very well in the circumstances answering their questions. It just made me a little uncomfortable for her.

[peterwilliamskelhorn]

I dont think its wrong. If the son or daughter has disabilities and if theyre a only child the parents would have time for him or her. Im a only child