What are the effects of elder childbearing on children's emotions and psychology?
With the development of society and the change of people's ideas, the elderly childbearing is becoming more and more common. Elderly childbearing refers to the phenomenon that women bear children when they are over 35 years old or men when they are over 40 years old. However, giving birth at an advanced age may have a certain impact on children's emotions and psychology. This article will elaborate from four aspects: children's family environment, parent-child relationship, peer relationship and emotional regulation ability.
home environment
Families with older children are usually more stable and mature before their children are born. Both parents have certain career stability, economic foundation and life experience, which can provide better material conditions and living environment for children. This stable family environment is conducive to the emotional and mental health development of children.
However, parents who give birth at an advanced age often face greater pressure, especially economic pressure and work family balance pressure. This may lead parents to spend more time and energy on work in the process of childcare, while ignoring the emotional and psychological needs of children. Such neglect may have negative effects on children, such as increasing loneliness and insecurity.
Therefore, although the family environment for elder children is relatively stable, parents need to pay more attention to their children's emotional and psychological needs and give them sufficient care and companionship.
Parent-child relationship
In the elderly childbearing families, parents are usually more mature and responsible. They may pay more attention to the establishment and cultivation of parent-child relationship. After years of growth and experience, parents know how to establish good communication and relationship with their children.
However, parents who give birth at an advanced age also face physical challenges. Women who have children over the age of 35 will face a higher risk of complications during pregnancy, while men who have children over the age of 40 may face the problem of declining sperm quality. These physical challenges may lead to reduced participation of parents in the growth of children. This may have a certain impact on children's emotions and psychology.
Therefore, in the elderly childbearing families, parents should actively participate in the growth of children, pay attention to their emotional and psychological needs, and establish good communication and parent-child relationship with them.
Peer relationship
Children born at an advanced age may face the gap with children of the same age. Their parents are older and may not be able to accompany them to participate in the activities of children of the same age. This may lead to children's maladjustment and confusion in peer relations, thus affecting their emotional and psychological development.
In addition, in peer relationships, older children may face certain social pressure and discrimination. Their children may be rejected and ridiculed by their peers because of their parents' age. This negative experience may have a negative impact on children's self-esteem and self-confidence.
Therefore, parents who have given birth at an advanced age need to actively help their children establish good peer relationships and develop their social and psychological resilience.
Emotional regulation ability
Children born at an advanced age may face more emotional and psychological challenges. Their parents are older and may be more vulnerable to health problems or unable to provide adequate support to them. This may cause children to feel more anxious, lonely and helpless.
However, children born at an advanced age may also have better emotional regulation ability because of their parents' higher experience and education. They may be more aware of how to deal with emotional distress and stress, and have more internal stability.
Therefore, in the elderly childbearing families, parents need to pay attention to their children's emotional and psychological development to help them establish good emotional regulation ability.
Summary
Older childbearing has a complex impact on children's emotions and psychology. The stability and maturity of the family environment will help children's emotional and psychological health development, but at the same time, parents need to pay more attention to children's emotional and psychological needs. Parents who have given birth at an advanced age may face physical challenges in parent-child relationship, but at the same time, they also promote good parent-child relationship due to the improvement of maturity and sense of responsibility. Peer relationship and emotional regulation ability will also be affected. Parents should actively help children to establish good peer relationships and develop their social and emotional regulation ability. In short, older childbearing families need to pay more attention to their children's emotional and psychological needs, and provide appropriate support and guidance to ensure their healthy development.
