The Effect of Number of Children in the Family on Children's Psychological Condition

Each family is composed of individuals that are different from each other. Some are male and some are female and in sex distribution of the family members, superiority may be with male or female, or both sexes are equal. Each of these factors have considerable effect on the behavior of family members. In addition to the main members of a family and interactions between them which has an impact on their behavior, other people such as relatives and neighbors temporarily enter into the family environments and interact with its members and in turn affect the behavior of every single one of them. The second child survives many effects of anxiety and emotional disorders of the parents that are caused by the first child. Increasing experience and maturity of parents in bringing up the child makes the parents not to indulge in monitoring and parenting the second child, therefore the first child would be more independent than the first child and in addition to this maternal behavior with the second child due to the increased experience and skill, is more stable. From the third child onwards, except the last child, the children are called as the middle child. Usually parents neglect the middle children due to the specific attention to the first and last child. The youngest child of the family also complains for the lack of new clothing and new toys and others’ permanent criticism in his tasks in response to the behavior of his older siblings.

Keywords:

Psychological , Children , Family , Behavior