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What does the quantity of children in a family have an effect on the quality of those children It is within the family that children have their first relationship experiences therefore family size has a significant role in their children's social development Thomson 1998 Family sizes drive from individual and societal factors Societal factors revolving around local and global population pressures and concerns Individual factors include cultural norms family size intentions labor health education area of living age and religion There are also several other contributing components to a child s maturing process and personality Family size is often referring to the number of related people living in one household together Recent research about family defines its concept as a privileged environment of personality formation therefore it has a fundamental role in the development of toddlers and adolescents Berry 2006
