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[quote=Anonymous]Don't send any e-mails.  It will get everyone upset.

Your kid is 2.  That's still a little young to bond with 5 year olds.  Are the kids the same gender?

In your shoes, I would try to find ways to make the kids closer so that the older kids request you to come over.

For example, maybe you can offer to supervise all the kids at your brother's for a family sleepover or babysit for your brother and SIL while they have a date night.

There are always planners in a relationship.  You could be offended about that or be neutral.  My husband and I are the planners in all of our friendships.  People just don't try very hard to keep in touch these days.

If the kids bond to each other, the relationship will become self-sustaining.  This has happened with my boys and their boy cousins.  They play Roblox remotely almost every day when they are at home, even though now the cousins have moved many states away.  Two of them went to day camp together this year.

I agree that your SIL is the person with the most potential to improve the situation. Your brother is unlikely to change from his core nature.

Given that your kid is 2, I would say that strengthening the relationship between the kids is a long-term goal.  Many kids don't start to make real permanent friends until about kindergarten age.[/quote]

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