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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are lots of posts by parents who love the large age gap but has anyone been part of the older kids whose parents had another kid much later? From the kid perspective were you close with your youngest sibling or not until adulthood.

Most people I know who were the kids in this scenario did not appreciate the change in family nearly as much as their parents proclaimed they did. They also didn’t have much of a relationship until they were all adults due to being at such different stages of life. Some resented being expected to babysit. [/quote]

🙋‍♀️ I was the oldest of 3 kids w a large age gap and while I love my siblings, I really did not love it when the 3rd was born bc of how much it changed our whole family dynamic and how I was expected to babysit and do lots of chores from that point on (I was 11 when the youngest was born and it was at that point that I basically became a mini-adult/3rd parent). If you do this, Op, just be sure not to parentify your older kids and make sure you make time for them and still let them be kids.[/quote]

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