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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of mine - never.

The other one - all the time.[/quote]

LOL same. My oldest, never, middle child constantly. Birth order is real.  :D [/quote]

The oldest BELIEVES in the rules and will follow them to his own determent.

The younger takes everything as a suggestion and is willing to see through the consequences of his own choices.

They are still young (ES) but honestly, I worry way more about my older one than the younger one. The younger one is more "trouble" and requires more hands on and explanation and active parenting but he'll be ready to make his own educated choices and make them well far younger than his older sibling. The older one has a harder time self advocating or understanding that just because something is "required" doesn't make it right or right for him.[/quote]

He’ll probably get there, but you can help him. I had a life changing moment from a single comment my mother made to me when I was in 7th grade. I was in a special program and we were going on a trip here to DC (I’m from the Midwest, so it was several days long). All 7th and 8th graders were together on one coach bus, and then the 6th graders were on another bus — except for 5 of us, all 7th grade girls, who had to ride on the 6th grade bus. I was sad that we couldn’t ride with our own grade and I complained to my mom that it especially bothered me that they chose the nicest, quietest, most well behaved 7th graders to suffer the indignity of riding with younger kids and they should have done it with the troublemakers, who need a lower student-to-teacher ratio. My mother replied, “That’s WHY they chose you. They knew you wouldn’t complain and cause problems.” I’ve never forgotten that. Because of that comment, whenever I’m getting screwed, I make a conscious choice not to make it easy for whoever’s doing it.[/quote]

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