Raising children in a small or large family is a question many families facing. Some daddies and mommies think that it is better to raise children in a small family, while some others think it is better to raise children in a big family.

To raise children in a small family, the children can get more shares of love from their parents, and the care from parents can be more than they expected. Toys and dolls are sufficient for them to play with. They will have less arguments on which TV channel to watch. There are less fighting among them, and less screamings and cries to break your ear drums. It seems that it is all side good to raise children in a small family. However, there is another problem. Children in this kind of family learn the sense of justice and sharing with others much later than the ones in a big family, and what's more, some children suffer from loneliness.

To raise children in a big family, the children enjoy more persons accompanying them. Also, they learn from each other more. According to the studies that have been done on family education, most of the children, without considering their parents, show the tendency to like the environment of a big family. Maybe, that's the nature of children. As we mentioned above, the children in a big family face challenges and competitions earlier than the ones raised in a small family, though the challenges and competitions are mainly from their brothers and sisters. They have to balance between play with each other, and enjoy staying together with each other and the challenges from the others. Talking about the care from parents, each of them get less care.

That is the situation. However, through the surveys from the grow-ups, we find that those who lived in a big family, relatively, have better jobs and enjoy higher positions in companies and in society. So, whatever the arguments are, the results show that children from big family can survive better in the society.

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