Childhood Maturity Childhood Maturity Kids who Grow up and leave their Younger Siblings BehindKids who Grow up and leave their Younger Siblings Behind

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IntroIntro

Through the year kids grow up, many of Through the year kids grow up, many of which have younger siblings. In To Kill A which have younger siblings. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Scout’s brother Jem Mockingbird by Harper Lee Scout’s brother Jem grows up before she does. Due to his maturity, grows up before she does. Due to his maturity, he leaves Scout out many time because he he leaves Scout out many time because he thinks that she is not mature enough. I try to thinks that she is not mature enough. I try to explain what the siblings would feel from explain what the siblings would feel from childhood and playing with each other to childhood and playing with each other to growing up, making decisions,fighting, an also growing up, making decisions,fighting, an also the relationship they would have during this. Try the relationship they would have during this. Try to picture yourself as the older sibling going to picture yourself as the older sibling going though it all.though it all.

Remember The good DaysRemember The good Days

Remember a time when you could escape with just your imagination Remember a time when you could escape with just your imagination Every day was like a new adventure, and every fight had an easy Every day was like a new adventure, and every fight had an easy solution. That was your childhood, a time that you had to share solution. That was your childhood, a time that you had to share with your younger sibling.with your younger sibling.

Sibling or Best Friend?Sibling or Best Friend?

You would play with your You would play with your younger sibling every younger sibling every day, and tell them every day, and tell them every thing because he was thing because he was your best friend.Your your best friend.Your relationship was relationship was unbreakable, or at least unbreakable, or at least that’s what you thought. that’s what you thought. There was one problem There was one problem that would soon become that would soon become bigger, you started to bigger, you started to grow up.grow up.

The BIG Decision The BIG Decision

As you started to grow you had to As you started to grow you had to make one of the biggest decisions make one of the biggest decisions of your life. You could grow up of your life. You could grow up and leave your sibling behind, or and leave your sibling behind, or you could stay a child along with you could stay a child along with your younger sibling. So you your younger sibling. So you weigh your options. On one hand weigh your options. On one hand you could stay a kid forever and you could stay a kid forever and have fun with your best friend have fun with your best friend everyday; on the other hand you everyday; on the other hand you can grow up, lose your best can grow up, lose your best friend, but make more friends that friend, but make more friends that you can relate to.you can relate to.

Growing upGrowing up

So you decide to grow up. You become filled with new So you decide to grow up. You become filled with new responsibilities and decisions. You make new friends and responsibilities and decisions. You make new friends and get a new best friend. You forget your childhood and get a new best friend. You forget your childhood and start thinking of your future. Though you know there’s start thinking of your future. Though you know there’s another thing that you’ve forgotten… Your sibling.another thing that you’ve forgotten… Your sibling.

What he feelsWhat he feels

Your sibling watches you Your sibling watches you as you grow, and play as you grow, and play with your new friends. He with your new friends. He feels as if you’ve replaced feels as if you’ve replaced him, but he can’t replace him, but he can’t replace you. As you go out with you. As you go out with your friends, he only your friends, he only wishes that he had the wishes that he had the same kind of privileges same kind of privileges you have to go out and you have to go out and enough friends to go out enough friends to go out with.with.

Annoyance Annoyance

You feel like your sibling is always bugging you. They You feel like your sibling is always bugging you. They want to hang around with you but you don’t want to want to hang around with you but you don’t want to hang around with them. You start to find them more hang around with them. You start to find them more annoying everyday, and instead of seeing your childhood annoying everyday, and instead of seeing your childhood best friend you only see an annoying tattle telling cry best friend you only see an annoying tattle telling cry baby. baby.

FIGHT!!!FIGHT!!!

You get to a point where You get to a point where you cant stand your you cant stand your annoying sibling, so you annoying sibling, so you do the only thing you can do the only thing you can think of doing.. Fight. think of doing.. Fight. Since you are bigger you Since you are bigger you always win, but there is a always win, but there is a big problem. Since you big problem. Since you are the oldest you are are the oldest you are expected to be the expected to be the mature one and know not mature one and know not to fight, as a result you to fight, as a result you get punished the most.get punished the most.

DistantDistant

You feel like you can’t tell You feel like you can’t tell him anything anymore, him anything anymore, he either wont he either wont understand it or you understand it or you know it will lead to a know it will lead to a fight. As a result he fight. As a result he doesn’t tell you anything doesn’t tell you anything either, and you become either, and you become very distant. You start to very distant. You start to lose the last thing you lose the last thing you have with your sibling, have with your sibling, trust without which you trust without which you have no relationship.have no relationship.

““siblings”siblings”

It gets to the point where he has new friends now. He It gets to the point where he has new friends now. He doesn’t even see you any more, because its either you doesn’t even see you any more, because its either you are with your friends or he is with his. He doesn’t even are with your friends or he is with his. He doesn’t even even seem to be a sibling to you anymore, he’s just a even seem to be a sibling to you anymore, he’s just a person you live with. You have grown so distant.person you live with. You have grown so distant.

SolutionSolution

But then… he starts But then… he starts to grow up also. You to grow up also. You start to have trust in start to have trust in him again and he has him again and he has trust in you. Your trust in you. Your relationship is even relationship is even greater than before, greater than before, and you are so close and you are so close that you don’t even that you don’t even fight anymore.fight anymore.

ConclusionConclusion

As a younger sibling myself I have As a younger sibling myself I have learned to be more considerate of my learned to be more considerate of my older Brother. It was interesting to see older Brother. It was interesting to see through the eyes of the older sibling. I am through the eyes of the older sibling. I am glad that he’s not mad for having to put glad that he’s not mad for having to put up with me all these years. I hope that up with me all these years. I hope that other people will see this an also think of other people will see this an also think of being more considerate to their siblings being more considerate to their siblings whether it be younger or older.whether it be younger or older.

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