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The study aimed at uncovering the reality of psychological disorder in mothers and its relation to the growth characteristics of their children in middle childhood (the first three grades). To achieve the objective of the study, the researcher used the descriptive correlation method, and the questionnaire was used as a tool for the study. The study population consisted of students from the first three grades in the governorates of Mubarak Al-Kabeer and Al-Jahra in Kuwait and their mothers. The study sample consisted of (142) students in four schools and their mothers (121). After collecting data from the sample, the statistical analysis system (SPSS) was used, and the study results found that: There is a statistically significant relationship with negative trend between the symptoms of psychological disorder and the growth characteristics of the students of the first three basic grades, except motor development, There are statistically significant differences in the estimates of the sample of mothers of children about the symptoms of mental disorders due to the variable of family income, and There are statistically significant differences in the estimates of the sample of middle school children about the characteristics of growth due the variable of gender. (Published Abstract)