They felt that inexperience in child-rearing also might lead parents to have higher expectations for their children; there has been evidence that these heightened expectations have extended beyond this early period. They further reasoned that the recognition that the child is the only one they will ever have motivates them ta establish and maintain positive relationships with their child.Additional parental attention apparentlyaids the child in acquiring more sophisticated intellectuai skills, such as vocabulary, as weIl as more mature behaviour patterns, and for the same reason, their only-child will be encouraged to take greater care of his/ her health and participate in extra-curricular activities.