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[loobyoxlip]

For those of you with siblings, do you think you were raised the same as your brothers/sisters?

My only sister is 6 years older than me and while she was up here last time she was talking about how strict mom and dad were and I was [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] The very last word I would EVER use to describe my parents would have been "strict" I totally got away with everything with them (PS - my mom said maybe that's where they went wrong! LOL)

[SHEANA1226]

My sister is 4 years younger then me and no we weren't raised the same.

[magic mickey]

My brother is 2 years younger than me and I am sure we were not even raised on the same planet.

[luvnwdwgal]

We weren't. My brother is 9 years older and my sister is 4 years younger. I was the one who always got in trouble with my sister cause my mother would always say "You're older and should know better", even though she was an absolute BRAT and still is at almost 40 years of age. I wasn't even able to go play at the neighbor's house unless she was invited too. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[CRCrazy]

I don't think that ANY two children are raised the same - because no two children are the same!

I was the oldest of 4, and we are only 4 years apart total! Even with that - we all were raised a bit differently!

[WDWfan]

I was the oldest and so the rules were stricter for me. I paved the was for my younger sister and brother.

[McMickey]

My mom has a saying that no child is ever born to the same family as his/her siblings. That makes a lot of sense since the addition of each child changes the family dynamic so much!

I am the youngest of three and I know my brothers would say that I had it much easier than they did.

[graygables]

I have 2 older brothers and was initially not wanted by my mother (she didn't want a 3rd child, much less a girl). I was also brought up in a military home, so the boys automatically were trained in "boy" stuff and I was trained in "girl" stuff. I remember getting in HUGE trouble for playing w/ my DBs' tinker toys and erector sets. Big no-no for a girl to play with those. My brothers I'm sure would say I was spoiled. We had a 4 bedroom apartment and they had to share (b/c my mom insisted on having a "music room" rather than letting them each have their own, which WAS the point of the 4th bedroom, after all [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]) I was also very sick as a child and got a lot of attention b/c of all the doctor's visits, time out of school, and occasional quarantines. My oldest DB and I have always had a rocky relationship b/c of the way we were raised. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[boosmom96]

I'm the oldest with 3 younger brothers AND I'm the only adopted child, so I have to say it was kinda different, but also very much the same! (weird, I know!) I never felt different because I was adopted, but some of the rules were different because I was the oldest and the only girl! My youngest brother got away with more because my folks had kinda let down there guard by then.

[Belle*]

LEt's just say that Ryan is (and will be) an only child for a reason. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] I am the oldest so my parents learned on me.

[disneyknut]

My brother & I are 11 years apart & one of our friendly squabbles is how we were raised differently.. Bob ( DB) always used to complain about how he would be punished almost daily & Princess Ann got nothing.. Fortunately, my Mother would remind him of all the trouble he got into as a kid with my Uncle & cousin ( they are all 2 years apart & more like brothers) Well, I was the only child after that for a while so who was I going to get in trouble WITH???

My brother was also the typical 60's rebellious teen & gave my mother fits MANY times.. thank goodness for basketball keeping him on the straight & narrow.. (no serious trouble but stupid teen stuff) I, on the other hand strived to be good in my Mom's eyes..

FYI.. he did grow up to be a outstanding citizen ( still a domineering older brother but that's another post!) & my Mother told us both on her death bed how she was proud of both of us & her greatest accomplishment was Bob & I ( She raised us alone after my Dad died)

[wheatenwalker]

I think my brothers and I were really raised the same, my parents values, rules, expectations etc stayed the same. Thye were a little stricter with me about some things ( as the only girl) and I think they were a little more relaxed with my younger brother.There werent 'boy jobs' and 'girl jobs'- they were really kind of advanced in that, I think. Both my brothers are great cooks because we all chipped in and did what had to be done--
I think I have been consistent with my boys-

[DrDolphin]

Tina - I am the opposite of you. I am almost 6 years older than my Sister -- and the rules for me were (still) are much stricter (a higher standard I guess) than they were for my sister. Drove (still does) me NUTS!!! DSis got away with things that I would have NEVER, I repeat NEVER been allowed to do!

[GoofyMom]

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... I am the oldest so my parents learned on me.

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[simbarel]

I was the baby and the only girl so the rules were a little different for me. My dad was very concerned about me retaining my innocence, and I was the only one who was considered college-bound. Neither of my brothers attended college, but my brother Mark (middle child) is the most successful. Once my brothers got their own cars there was no more curfew for them, I didn't start driving until I was 21 so I always had a curfew. Collectively our younger years were waaaay better than our adolescence and I would die without them, I couldn't love my brothers more and they feel the same about me.