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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I come at it from a somewhat different perspective.  My parents constantly made me care for my sister (5 years younger) when I was a middle schooler (think every day all day long when we were not in school and every day after school).  While I was able to handle most situations fine, a few arose that were really outside of my capabilities and it was traumatic for me.[/quote]

Yes, I have also had that experience. I was very mature and frequently was put in charge of younger siblings starting when I was about nine. It was not fair to me as I was a worrier and stressed a lot about doing the right thing. It also affects the sibling dynamics when one kid is in charge of the others. 
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Oh good God. So now siblings can't babysit either?  That should be the next MD law I guess  :roll: [/quote]

Do you think nine and ten year olds should be babysitting? 
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yea... worked swimmingly for this 14 yo

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/288974.page

Wish CPS was called before this tragedy.[/quote]

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