What is the impact of elder childbearing on children's psychological growth?
With the progress of modern medical technology and the change of social environment, more and more couples choose to postpone childbearing. Elderly childbearing refers to the pregnancy and childbirth of women over 35 years old. However, giving birth at an advanced age has a profound impact on children's psychological growth. This article will elaborate on these impacts from the aspects of insufficient preparation, family support, self pressure and parental affection.
Impact of inadequate preparation
On the one hand, older parents may not have enough energy and time to take care of their children, especially in their early development stage. This may lead to children not getting enough attention and parents' company, which has a certain impact on their emotional and cognitive development.
On the other hand, the preparation for the birth of the elderly usually requires a series of assisted reproductive technologies or medical processes. These processes may bring great psychological pressure and anxiety to parents, and these negative emotions may be passed on to children. When children grow up, they may feel the tension and anxiety from their parents, which has a certain impact on their emotional regulation and psychological development.
In addition, due to the increase of childbearing age, parents' physical strength and strength will decline, which may lead to less patience in children's education and affect the effect of family education. These effects of insufficient preparation may have a certain negative impact on children's psychological growth.
Impact of family support
Family support is particularly important for couples who have given birth at an advanced age. However, the parents of some elderly child-bearing people may be old or dead and cannot provide adequate support. Lack of parental support may cause psychological emptiness and loneliness to children, and affect their emotional development and the cultivation of social skills.
At the same time, children born at an advanced age may face the problem of obvious differences with peers of the same age. Their parents may not be able to participate in their children's learning and life, nor can they accompany them to participate in peer activities. This may lead to poor communication between children and their peers, which may affect their social skills and the construction of interpersonal relationships.
However, if the elderly child-bearing people can get sufficient family support, including the support of their spouses, parents and other relatives and friends, such children may also grow up in a caring and warm environment, which will have a positive impact on their psychological growth.
Influence of self pressure
Older child-bearing people face greater self pressure than young couples. First of all, they may feel anxious and worried because of their age, and worry about whether they can conceive and give birth healthily. This anxiety and worry will be directly transmitted to children, affecting their emotional stability and self-confidence.
Secondly, couples who give birth at an advanced age may face social pressure and judgment. The prejudice and doubt of the society about the elderly childbearing may bring them confusion of identity and frustration of self-esteem. This kind of psychological burden directly affects parents' emotions and their concern for children, and then affects children's mental health and growth.
Therefore, the elderly child-bearing people need to actively adjust their mentality and actively deal with various pressures in the process of childbirth, so as to better take care of their own and children's psychological growth.
Influence of parental affection
Couples who give birth at an advanced age usually choose to give birth after a long marriage. The deep feelings established between them may have a positive impact on children's psychological growth. This kind of parental affection can provide children with a sense of stability and security, and promote the development of their emotional values and interpersonal skills.
However, couples who have given birth at an advanced age may also have conflicts and contradictions due to reproductive pressure and anxiety. This negative family relationship has potential adverse effects on children's growth.
In general, the elderly childbearing has many influences on children's psychological growth. Insufficient preparation, lack of family support, self pressure and parental affection will have a positive or negative impact on children. However, actively coping with these impacts, establishing a stable and warm family environment, and providing adequate emotional and material support can effectively reduce these negative impacts and help children achieve healthy psychological growth.
