Учебное пособие для студентов 1 курса направлений

Exercise 4 In your groups try to answer the questions. You may not be able to answer all the questions.

1. 
   Who brings up children in large families?
   
2. 
   Do loving parents often experiment on their firstborn? What do they do?
   
3. 
   What is an only child (or a firstborn) often not allowed to do?
   
4. 
   When can a child’s life change?
   
5. 
   When is jealousy between siblings especially unavoidable?
   
6. 
   Why are children jealous of their brothers or sisters?
   
7. 
   What positive sides does sibling rivalry have? Who substantiated this point of view?
   
8. 
   Why can a child grow up a nervous wholly self-centred being but not a calm person, able to cope with numerous problems?
   
9. 
   What can an only child receive in the family?
   
10. 
    What does an only child often lack in childhood?
    
11. 
    What can help an only child avoid loneliness?
    
12. 
    What traits of character may only children lack in some experts’ opinion? What can develop in an only child as years pass?
    
13. 
    In what way is an only child’s experience in childhood different from that of a “non-oniy’s”?
    
14. 
    In what cases is there less conflict between the siblings after the arrival of the new baby?
    
15. 
    How can a child acquire a sense of proportion and his own importance?
    

Exercise 5 Find partners from the other groups. Compare your answers and swap information. List the advantages and disadvantages of being an only child and growing up with several brothers and sisters.


Exercise 6 Return to your original groups and discuss the following points. Use the words in the box above (see №1)
a) An only child: spoilt or unhappy?
b) Having and being a brother or a sister is great!


Exercise 7 Write an essay on the following topic:
“When I have a family of my own, I’m going to have ... children.”