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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My brother and I had this age gap.  [b]In a lot of ways, it was like having the perks of a sibling and also the perks of being an only.[/b]  I was the younger one, so I had the house to myself for all of high school.  We definitely were not as close as some closer-aged siblings, but we were such different kids that I don't know if the age mattered (and we are very close as adults).  I'm sure it was tough for our parents to have kids in very different stages, but overall I think we were both able to really thrive in our own environments and there was very little competition or rivalry, or even comparison. [/quote]

This is a good description.  I have kids 4 years/grades apart who are older (one now in middle and one in elementary).  It's worked out great.  It's not ideal if you want to sign them up for everything together and want a package deal logistically, that's true.  Kids with this spread are doing different things.  But with my kids I have always found that they get lots of individual attention from us, they both were always able to explore what they wanted to do (not what sister/brother wanted to do), but when they are home together, they spend a lot of time together and get on fine.  It leads to less sibling rivalry, from what I have seen with friends with close age kids.  Basically out of your house they get to be their own people 100% and when they come home they have a nice sibling relationship.[/quote]

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