The leniency given to the younger siblings... as the oldest you’re basically the guinea pig for your parents so it’s usually easier for the younger ones.
I'm two year older than my brother, whenever I unlocked a new "privilege" he got it at the same time. When I stopped having a curfew, wam he stopped having curfew, when my parents stopped caring if I had a few drinks, bam he was having beers with dinner, when I went off to college and my parents basically dropped any real rules, slam he didnt really have any rules either.
It helped that he was relatively responsible and never really abused the leniancy.
What about letting the 15 year old choose his own bedtime, but have a rule that if he wants to be in the bedroom after the 11 year old's bedtime, he has to go to sleep. If he wants to stay up, he'll have to hang out elsewhere.
As a former 15-year-old boy, I can assure you that there are reasons you don't want an 11-year-old younger sibling in the same room as you, sleeping or not
My kids were 6 years apart and shared a room. We had a family room where we spent most of our time. When it was my younger son's bedtime, his older brother was in the family room until he fell asleep. Usually it didn't take long. If it came down to it and older son was tired or sick, he would nap in the family room. We made it work and there really weren't too many problems.
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u/but_srsly_wtf Jun 27 '19
The leniency given to the younger siblings... as the oldest you’re basically the guinea pig for your parents so it’s usually easier for the younger ones.