Courtesy Sandrine Jacquot
- I always wanted siblings while growing up. I wished I had a sister to answer questions I had.
- But I've realized there were benefits to being an only child as I've gotten older.
- I learned to be independent and my parents had more time for me.
When I was a little girl, I used to ask my mom to adopt another child so that I could have an older sister. I wasn't lonely — I had plenty of friends and got along great with other kids in the neighborhood and at school. But once I started to get older (and learned how to be self-conscious), I wanted an older sibling to "show me the ropes," in a sense.