Post by divtal on Sept 21, 2021 21:06:18 GMT
"Other."
I'm older, by 8 years, than my brother. And, of course, there's the gender divide.
Those two elements made it impossible for our parents even to have attempted "equal" treatment, from our perspective, as kids.
Infants need total attention. Eight year-olds are starting to develop a bit of independence.
However:
It is a universal truth that a brother ... younger, or older ... will find a way to torment his sister. The sister ... having held-off, and allowed him to reach adulthood ... will be happy that she didn't kill him, because he turned out to be a nice guy.
Mother Nature knows what she's doing.
I'm older, by 8 years, than my brother. And, of course, there's the gender divide.
Those two elements made it impossible for our parents even to have attempted "equal" treatment, from our perspective, as kids.
Infants need total attention. Eight year-olds are starting to develop a bit of independence.
However:
It is a universal truth that a brother ... younger, or older ... will find a way to torment his sister. The sister ... having held-off, and allowed him to reach adulthood ... will be happy that she didn't kill him, because he turned out to be a nice guy.
Mother Nature knows what she's doing.