There is an increasing trend around the world to have a small family rather than a large family. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a small family rather than a large family?

It is becoming prevalent among people around the globe to

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set up

small size families

instead

of large ones.

This

arrangement could result to less feeding expenses for parents and good quality of education for the children,

however

, there are some drawbacks to

this

type of family. On the one hand, it is advantageous for parents financially and a child's education. For one

parents

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parent

have less feeding cost to incur which could help save more money for other needs of the family.

Furthermore

, each member of the family gets enough educational support.

For example

, a couple with just a child would want to send their child to a good quality school because they could contribute financially towards

this

goal,

thus

showing clearly the merits of a small family.

Conversely

, parents in small families could be over protective and children could become reluctant to be without their parents. In the fist place, parents could become over protective that children would no longer be able

to to

in the direction of

to

explore the world on their own or even play with others by themselves.

In addition

to

this

, children could become so attached to their parents till their adulthood, which may result

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in

children finding it difficult to stay alone without the parents being around the.

Hence

, it shows that a small family arrangement

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has

some negatives. To conclude,

although

having a family with

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a small number

of members has some upsides, the over protection by parents towards children and the close attachment of children to their parents are seen to be the downsides to the small family arrangement.