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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What were a 13 yo and an 11 yo doing outside that required you to supervise them, before little brother came out? Did he want to come out or did you tell him to/cajole him? [/quote]
Wood carving. 
Younger one enjoys wood carving too, so I encouraged him. Not cajoled. I didn’t say he had to, or hold anything over his head. And they all sat wood carving for a long while. (It’s a scout thing - they are all in scouts)
Part of the dynamic is the neighbor - who is 13 months older than my youngest - was red shirted, so they are the same grade and were in the same class last year.  So younger thinks they *should* be friends based on grade level, but neighbor enjoys hanging out with my older son.[/quote]

You sound like a pain.  Being in the same grade has nothing to do with it and this is a good example of why its a bad idea.  Kids do better with their own age group.  His peer is the older sibling, not the younger one.

Is that a good plan to give your oldest a knife when he attacks the younger one?

You have unreasonable expectations and are clearly bias to the younger one.  You have yet to say much nice about the older one and find wrong in everything.  You picked the activities.   You forced the younger one to play when that is not the dynamic.  You should have invited another child over to play with your younger one.[/quote]

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