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[quote=Anonymous]I'm 6 years older than my brother and 12 years older than my sister. I was thrilled by news of the former, devastated by news of the latter :) But we're all close now as adults (I would say I'm closer individually to my siblings than they are to each other) and as a bonus down the road, I was a wayyyyyy more prepared parent than most peers because of extensive babysitting experience as a teen. Growing up, there were a lot of times I chafed at "lowest common denominator" parenting (parents trying to apply same rules across all 3 of us/treating me like a child), but because we were all always at different life stages and relatively independent when the younger sibling(s) came along, I do feel like we were treated more as individuals and didn't lack for the specific attention we needed.[/quote]
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