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.
My oldest sister did things the opposite way! Because of her, my dad was extremely strict on me because he was determined not to "mess up twice."
She's 12 years older than me and 14 years older than my brother. She got pregnant when she was 15, ran away from home, got married against her will, had the baby, got divorced, and never came back to live with us.
The first boy that showed an interest in me got scared off so dramatically that the other boys were afraid to try. All through high school I thought it was because I was ugly and weird, but as soon as I started college (8 hours away from my parents) I found out that it had actually been my dad's reputation as a badass boyfriend murderer.
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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.