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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my experience over many years of parenting, in the families who do this, its easier on the parents and the kids "get along" but are not really close. They are just in different phases of life. [/quote]

Correct but in my own experience, we are close as adults. I think it also depends on temperament and family involvement. I see a lot of older siblings being super encouraging and involved with the younger siblings- think high school and late elem/early middle so 16 and 10 as an example. College and early professional years can make it difficult to maintain and then by the time the eldest is out of those years the youngest is entering them so it does take some catch up time. 
 Youll see a bit of parentification with spreads larger than that especially if the female is the much older sibling ex. >12 years between eldest female and youngest kid. 
Divorce also affects kid relationships if the kids are split up and so do combined families when parents remarry. [/quote]

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