English Essay on "Advantages and Disadvantages of a Large Family"
In a large family of brothers and sister, there is plenty of fun and amusement and social life. An only child, who has no companion of its own age in the family is a lonely child, and becomes old—fashioned in its ways by always being with grown-people. But in a large family, the children arc happier, because they play together and keep each other young.
Then , when there are many children they help to train one another. The older ones, who have received some discipline and education, show the younger ones, by precept and example, how to behave, and so relieve the parents of a lot of trouble. And a number of children growing up together rub the angIes and corners off one another. A man who has been brought up in a large family is less likely to be selfish, conceited, and awkward in society, than one who has had no brothers and sister to take the vanity and shyness out of him.
A youngman who is the member of a large family has ready-made for him a big circle of friends, who lake an interest in his welfare, and are ready to help him in his career. He will have elder brothers who are settled in life, who can help him to find congenial employment, and advise him from their own experience. He will never be alone in the world.
On the other hand, there are certain disadvantages. The parents cannot give so much individual attention to each child when there are so many children to care for. When there arc only two or three, each one can be studied and trained much more efficiently; but when there are many, each child is lost tn.thc crowd.
Probably, too, there is more quarreling. The children have different dispositions, and they will not always’ agree. A large family is not always a united family; and it may split up into factions. A quarrel between brothers is often worse than one between friends or acquaintances.
Lastly, a member of a large family has less of worldly deeds to inherit from his father. A small patrimony divided between two or three may give each a comfortable income: but the share of each son in a large family may be a small pittance.
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