In my experiences, I have found that people from small families are more open and have more outside friends. As a result of this, people from small families as children were more exposed to varied friends and associates which make them more universalistic in outlook. Because they were raised in environments which the parents spent individualized time with them, they, in turn, tend to be very loving and nurturing parents. They also have closer relationships with their parents which makes them quite comfortable with the issue of love and intimacy with other people. In essence, people from small families are quite comfortable with strangers. Small families make people form families with those who are non-blood related. Small families furthermore make people more outgoing and accepting of strangers.
On the contrary, people from large families have very few or no outside friends. They consider their siblings their friends. As a result of such insularity and psychological/emotional incest, people from large families are often more parochial in their attitudes as their siblings are their only companions. This also makes them extremely isolated and clannish, often distrusting outsiders.
Because they have little or no relationship with their parents, they tend to be in turn less nurturing parents who believe that children should raise themselves and have the philosophy of swimming or sinking. As adults, they tend to do more for their siblings than they do for their own families. In other words, their spouses and children will be always be second fiddle to that of their siblings. In essence, people from large families tend to be less friendly towards outsiders than people from small families. Large families make people go inward and make them extremely isolationist! Do you agree with this premise?
by Grace Marguerite Williams 8 years ago
To those from small families, have YOU noticed that people from large/very large familieshave an ANIMOSITY against you because as a child, you had a lifestyle & myriad opportunities that people who came from large/very large families NEVER had as children, having to raise/support themselves...
by Grace Marguerite Williams 8 years ago
What are some of the MOST STUPID stereotypes that people from large/very large families(6-morechildren per household) have of people from small families(1-2 children per household)? Why is there SUCH ANIMOSITY of people from large/very large families towards those from small families,...
by Darrke Thoughts 12 years ago
Do you think pursuing self-fulfillment is selfish?I know sometimes pursuing our self-actualization means telling others "no", and they are likely to think we are being selfish. But is it more selfish to NOT try to be your best self and so maybe not create a great work or art, a new...
by cruelkindness 4 years ago
Aren't we all selfish. We are born to experience life as an individual. In the end you will only have you and your experiences. I try to be selfish with good intent to not hurt others. If i'm not doing it for me than someone else is using their selfishness. So isn't it...
by Justamama 13 years ago
Anyone here have a "large family"?What is considered large?I have ten.
by Nichol marie 7 years ago
Do you know someone who is prejudice of larger families?Why do some people have an ignorant belief that moms of large families cannot be the same as moms with one or 2?
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