Whether it was housework, yard work, farm work, or even actual work. We did a lot of work. We didn’t watch a lot of TV because we mainly played outside. But every Saturday my siblings and I woke up and went to watch TV. But a soon as my mother woke up the TV was shut off and we cleaned. We never argued this because it was always a do as I say type of life with my parents. We never argued because everything my parents said was right. I always did was expected of me and more, my siblings did the same but being the oldest I always grew up setting the example.”
“Being the oldest child was difficult at times. I knew I was bossy and because of that I felt like my siblings had a closer connections than I did with any of them. Although I was pretty close with my brother Jared, mainly because we were close in age but now I’m closer to my sister Amanda. Growing up as the oldest I never felt taken advantage of. Some kids say that they feel like that but I never did. I rarely babysat my siblings because the age gap between me and my youngest brother T. Jay was only six years. But I did do a lot of other …show more content…
Well okay it might have been a little helpful but still very different. With my own kids I never want to see them struggle. So I feel like I am constantly trying to intervene on their lives. I never want them to be upset or hurt because then it feels like I am not being a good mother, which can be very hard at times. Although being the oldest has helped. I got to see more of how my mother raised her children than say my younger siblings did. This helps a lot because if I ever feel like I am failing or struggling I think back to a time in my life that I saw my mother handle a situation like this and then I am not so