Ren

"1) Evie will be our only child. I am interested in hearing from others who
have only children (I am an "only" myself.)"

WEll...I've only had 3.5 years of an only child and since then he had to share us, so I can't really speak from experience. BUT, I think there'd be a lot of advantages with an only. Focusing on their interests without having to juggle three other children would be nice sometimes!
You should get Valerie Fitzenreiter's book "The Unprocessed Child". She raised her dd Laurie from birth with unschooling philosophies and it's a wonderful testament to the unschooling lifestyle, with an only.

Ren



"I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn."
Albert Einstein