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[quote=Anonymous]Op, that is practically the age gap for me. I am the youngest. Do not let the age difference hold you back. I had a great experience growing up. I'll give facts, not really saying if good or bad, but as I said, I had a happy childhood. It mostly felt like I grew up as an only child. I have no memories of my two older brothers  (11 and 9 years older than me) before they went off to college. I remember visiting them at college/law school. I stayed overnight in their dorm in college. It was a break from classes, so very few students were around. I'm sure I wasn't suppose to be there! that was part of the fun. I saw campus life, heard about college, and heard about young adult life decisions much earlier than my peers. When I was in 6th grade, the youngest of my brothers was in 12th grade. I was exposed to a lot of teen behavior early. I also think that helped me decide to avoid some of it. From 7th - 12th grade, I was the only "child" as home. Somewhat unrelated my parents needed to travel often so I happened to be on my own a lot. I was very self-reliant. In some ways I think "they were done" parenting. For you, I think this needs to be considered - it is a marathon. Parenting is a marathon. I turned out well I think, but I also take some pride in, I kind of raised myself.

Once I was in college, brothers were married and starting families, the age difference became less and less. It has taken awhile to be treated as a peer adult equal to them, for decisions that affect all of us. That may also, unfortunately, be a gender thing as the only female[/quote]

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