On a scale of 1 to ten- 1 being small 10 being large,? Well It's not that often you hear of anyone having 10 children In this Era . Large Families of 10 Mostly happen In the age of No Contraception. Although their are some who choose to have this many,your Average Family today In my opinion would consist of Six or Seven at the Most.

The Pro's Of Having A large Family...

Well firstly your child will never ever be Lonely,Each one will look up to the other, They will always have each other long after the parents have gone.They will learn one Important part of life,That you have to work hard for the things that you want. Everything does not come easy In Life. If they are brought up In a house filled with Love & Happiness as I was, They will nearly always bring this Into their Own Family . Each Child will have at least one sibling they connect with

The Con's

Your Parent's will have to spread themselves around all of you equally, which can cause some rivalry between one another (I.E Other's thinking some are Favoured more than themselves). It is not a bed of Roses ,Times are hard Even with both Parents working, It's a struggle. You don't always get what you want.Sometimes your parent's don't have enough time for you,So less time for day's out and Other Treats you may get If there were Less to Provide For. Being the oldest child leaves you with more responsibilities,Than the younger Children.

The Pro's of Coming From a Smaller Family.

You get a lot more you want when they're Is Just you to think about,You get a lot more Attention,You go a lot More places than you would being less of you.More places are accessible to a family of Five rather than of Eight.Basically you become more spoilt,and more used to getting your own way, when you don't have to compete with other Sibling's.

The Con's Of A Small Family.?

Not many to lay the blame on when your In trouble! Less fun In the house, more chance of being Lonely. Less chance of at least one Sibling being at your side If you need their support. You get everything you want so you don't aim high In your Expectations Career Wise when your older,Everything In your adult life becomes much harder for you to deal with, all because of how good you've had It growing up. They way you are raised makes you be the person you become when you're a adult.

This can have two Sides to It.You could come from a large family who has had to watch there parents struggle to get by because their was too many of you to have a easy life.Thus reflect on you having a small family,

Or it could be you came from a small family of three sibling's and still felt you had no one to turn to so had a large family to make sure no matter what your children would never feel the loneliness you felt,

They would always have at least one Family member,to Turn to. But I think large or small, If you are brought up In a house where they're Is not much love In Or where It's not happy .

It will reflect on your child's life when they decide to start a family of There own, It's all about How they have been raised regardless of size.

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