Yeah, right. OK, as a parent I will admit that I frequently expect more of my older child, but it's usually also accompianied by increased privileges: staying home alone, larger allowance, later bedtime, etc.
For anyone who's HONESTLY worried about older sibs, I reprint here, WITHOUT ANNOTATION, a letter Peter wrote to Grace today:
Dear Grace,
I know that we sometimes don't get along, but that will change if you do the following:
a) Never use your gross toothpaste again, use mine.
b) Only spend your heap of money on me, not you.
c) Buy me all the WebKinz and other stuff I want.
d) Buy me an X-Box, a Wii, a PS3, and a PSP.
e) Never ask me to buy you anything again.
f) Give all your stuff to me.
g) Invite me to all your birthday parties.
h) Spell dumb correctly.
i) Get a 99% or higher on your next spelling test.
j) Always let me choose the Doctor Floyd episode.
k) Let me choose who you're going to be for the Wax Museum
l) Find out Mallory's middle name from Katy.
Again, if you do those, we will always get along
Sincerely,
Your loving brother
Peter B. Cohen
Uh, yeah. He's not going to be hurt by increased parental expectations.
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