This is definitely rivalry, my 11 year old, who will be 12 in June has regressed to watching Rugrats and Blues Clues, he plays with ALL his little brother's toys. Little one insists he is the older brother, wants to wear brother's and Daddy's shoes, get his hair cut like his big brother, it is they are both searching for their identities in the other! ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Garland" <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [BSChat] SEXTUPLETS > > Are you sure it's rivalry? Maybe they just don't have enough in common. > That's quite an age gap, and difference in development. Three year olds have > ways of getting attention that drive older kids nuts! And your older one is > at an age when he doesn't want his stuff messed with, wants his own private, > untampered-with place. They can't play the same games, or enjoy the same > shows on TV or the same friends. And the three year old will want to tag > along everywhere. (My older brother is 8 years older than me. I was the tag > along.) > > jan G > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Telecom Girl" <telecomgirl911@hotmail.com> > Reply-To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com > To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BSChat] SEXTUPLETS > Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 08:24:46 -0500 > > > I have an 11 year old who was the only child for 8 years - he was thrilled > to have a younger brother come along! Now that his brother is 3, and more > independent, tempers are flaring! I thought sibling rivalry wouldn't be so > bad with the big age gap in the kids, but I was wrong! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JACK CHILDERS" <jaxone1234@msn.com> > To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 7:09 AM > Subject: Re: [BSChat] SEXTUPLETS > > > > I mentioned to Kade that I'd of liked to have had sextuplets and she said > she didn't want any part of it ! She said she liked being any only child > because it allowed me to spoil her !!! > > > > Jack Childers in OKC > > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > > Creative use of your delete key is encouraged. If you disagree with the > subject, CHANGE the subject. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >