Is smaller families better tha big families?

Answer 1

depends on how much money they have

Answer 2

It pretty much depends on the couple, and their thoughts on it, having kids is something that should be talked about before you are in too deep to get out. (if you know what I mean) anyway I am from a family of seven, but have only two children myself(boys), which is perfect for my wife and me. I firmly believe that kids are better adjusted when they have another sibling to share things with but I dont think that it works as well when there are more than three.

Answer 3

If the question refers to the amount of children born.... Yes. The importance of parental attention is profound. A child growing up in a safe secure environment with the needed unconditional love, nurturing, bonding, and a feeling of belonging will set the stage for a child's development of self worth. These needs are best to be met by the child's parents. Parents can easily be overwhelmed with tasks other than parenting that hinder their ability to satisfactorily meet the child's needs. This can also occur when the parent's involvement is divided amongst several children. On one hand - the parents may be able to fully involve themselves in meeting the psychological and/or spiritual needs of several children, on the other hand - this usually isn't the case in most societies on this planet and is usually overlooked or unattended to. In the case of relatives involved in the family, the more the merrier.

Answer 4

It depends on the dynamic of the family. And money doesn't have as much to do with it as a lot of people think. It depends more on how much the mom can deal with, because if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. :)

My grandpa is the youngest of 13, and they had a very, very happy family even though they were always poor. My dad only has one sister that they didn't adopt until he was 14, but they were very very happy, too and were pretty well to do. I have a brother and a sister and we've had good times and bad times financially, but we held on to eachother, and are very happy.

My mother has one bio sister, one half sister, and 5 step siblings. They're all a bunch of messed up drunks in every kind of trouble and they have varying degrees of wealth, from massive debt to gobs of dough, and they're all miserable and feed off of eachother's disfunctionality.

So, the size of the family doesn't matter near as much as the health (mental, emotional, physical and spiritual) health of the family.

Answer 5

Assuming the parents have enough resources to take care of a lot of kids (and they are loving parents who are willing to take the effort to raise their children well), large families can be wonderful. There is so much chance for companionship and love, and so much opportunity to learn from each other, as well as learning the whole time you're growing up how to form good relationships with other people and take care of others. Small families can be wonderful as well, and certainly small families are not excluded from the learning and love and such, but I personally prefer larger families.

Answer 6

I come from both a small family and a huge family. My Mothers side is a small bunch that I am close with, but there are more than 5,000 members on my Fathers side. I believe that as long as there is love and communication with your family members, it really doesn't matter on size! Family is love without conditions and you can't get that in todays' world from just anyone! Your family will also give you the answers to your questions about those in your family tree. Knowing that is worth more than money. Knowing where you come from helps you to determine where you are going and helps you learn from their mistakes and experiences. I hope this has helped!!!

Answer 7

It depends on what your comfortable with, but I think bigger families are better. I grew up an only child and it's always been just me and my mom (my dad died 2 months b4 I was born). We had some of my mom's friends come to live with us for a while and our "family" got a little bigger. I truly enjoyed it. I wouldn't give up my childhood for anything (it was perfect, but it was good), but I sometimes wonder if I would be less shy today, or be more outgoing or whatever, if I had had to fight for attention during my formative years. It also makes for a more festive family reunion.

Answer 8

In the ancient world families were large,with many children, fathers & mothers brothers&sister all living together.This group of many persons provided free labour for hunting/gathering, farming, minning.It was also
of security, jointly holding land, caring for the sick & invalid in the family,
The love and mutual trust was on a all time high as everything was spoken of as OURS.

Later came urbanisation,with modern ideas,crushing the ancestrial values, and once the word MINE came in, all family ties snapped, gone were the trust,love,security.Each one to defend his own.

In todays world it is best to restrict the family to Husband,Wife and one child only.Dont forget to take along dependants like Fathers,Mathers,the invalid uncles.They are who have brought us to this stage.

The smaller family can economise the joys the world now offers in terms of jobs,land, comforts.With long working/travelling time, litle period is left to share the bounties of love & joy within the family.

Answer 9

It's kind of a "use your own judgement" kind of thing. Growing up I was 1 of 3 children, and I thought it was perfect. At times I wished I had a sister, but then I thought, where would I be today if I had? I think it also depends on where you are in regards to income. Larger families definitely cost more! All in all, I have no complaints. I never had to wear hand-me-downs!

Answer 10

DEFINITIVELY!! In big families there's just not enough attention for each of the individuals and they all grow up to have big families of their own and that's why humans reproduce almost as fast as cockroaches. The best family is made of of three people or less. I think.
But if you're stuck in a big family, you still have to love them because no matter what, they're still your family.

Answer 11

Functional, well rounded families are better.Children of a smaller family tend to get more individual attention.