BackgroundThe relevance of the issue stated in the article is due to the fact that large families today are insufficiently one of the objects of the state's social policy, and social, cultural, and economic factors often force this type of family to belong to a risk group, which affects the socio-psychological development of children raised in such a family structure. The purpose of this article aims at identifying the characteristics of children born in families where there are more than two children; revealing the differences of children from small families; the influence of society's attitude to having many children and how this affects the socio-psychological well-being of the phenomenon under study; and studying the factors that influence the socio-cultural capital of the younger generation.MethodsThe study was conducted using the methods of analysis, synthesis, concretization, generalization, comparison, and questioning.ResultsA comparison of the conducted sociological research with the results of secondary sociological and psychological studies made it possible to take a comprehensive look at the existing problems in the context of having many children and conclude that the material problems of families with several children are more profound problems that often require the intervention of specialists, but are not realized by the parents of many children themselves. The use of the presented theoretical methods made it possible to reveal the socio-psychological features of the development of children from large families, to identify factors affecting the development of the younger generation, and to substantiate the reasons why large families are in most cases classified as a risk group.ConclusionThe conclusions obtained in the article can be used in the formation of the social policy of the state, in the course of teaching social and humanitarian disciplines, and in providing psychological counselling to the type of family under study.