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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your older daughter is going through puberty, I assume.  That is going to make her hate most people in the family.

My sister and I are 3 years apart, and we FOR SURE had a rocky adolescence together.  There were certainly times I thought she hated me (I was the younger one) and when I was sort of scared of her, but also desperately wanted her to TALK to me and want to be with me.  She never really did, but as we got older, things got better.

I'd say the year she was a senior and I was a freshmen was a turning point.  I knew she'd be leaving, and I was really sad about it.  But we were also old enough to actually be friends a bit.  She still didn't tell me much, but things shifted.  Then I went to visit her at college a few times and that really helped cement a more mature bond between us.

I have never screamed "I hate you" at anyone in my life more than I screamed it at my sister during the time I was 9-13.  So try not to get in the middle, encourage them to appreciate the good things about having a sibling, and ride it out. [/quote]

+1 same age gap with my older sister and very similar experience. We had very few things in common as kids- she was introverted, artsy, a bit nerdy. I was outgoing, sporty, lots of friends so we just didn’t relate. By high school, she took me to parties and we went shopping together, etc. Have been good friends ever since we were 18 and 15. As adults with kids, we talk almost every day.[/quote]

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