In the November issue of Teen Ink, Madison Waller surprised me in her article “Becoming an Only Child.” I have experienced becoming a single child. In some ways it has its advantages, but for the most part it can leave kids pretty upset. No one understands how much they take their siblings for granted until they are gone. Maybe they are only moving out, but from that point on everything does change. Once the brother/ sister moves out the sibling left may become depressed. My sister has been moved out for a couple of months and I would do anything to have her back. We may have fought, but for the most part she was my best friend, and I told her everything. They move on to have their own family and maybe even move out of state. This tends to be a really tough change for all children. It is hard to cope with them not being there, but it makes you closer because you miss each other.