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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is she not interested in helping with her sister at all?[/quote]

Its not her responsibility to be a mini-parent.[/quote]

:roll: In my household all the kids do age-appropriate chores and helping younger kids certainly is on the list. [/quote]

LOL! This is what Duggars do. They want older kids to become babysitters.

Anyways, I don't think OP will care that her child is sad. [/quote]

It’s also what almost every family on the globe does. [/quote]

One of the most interesting pieces of parenting wisdom I can remember (and probably from this board too!) is — you cannot chose to live in McLean Virginia and then get upset/be surprised that your children grow up compare themselves to other children of McLean and have the expectations of children living in McLean.

As the kid of immigrants, this was so crystallizing for me. And yes, I did tons and tons of care of a younger sibling. And I keep that responsibility pretty minimal on my older daughter.[/quote]

And that’s why I don’t live in McLean. I didn’t want to raise kids who were brats. I live in a fairly rural part of Maryland. Our neighbors are a mix of blue and white collar. I don’t think it’s good to raise your kids in a rich bubble especially when you’re well off (and we are).[/quote]

Neither do I actually. :) I was picking it to make the point in fewer words.  The idea of what happens some other part of the world (or one’s parent childhood decades ago) never resonated with me as a reason for decisions today and may not with many of children of DCUM either. [/quote]

Assigning older kids chores that relate to younger kids is normal in America, too. Maybe not in zip codes where the typical family has a nanny (whether or not they also have a SAHP). This isn’t some crazy outdated thing. [/quote]

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