# Dopers with siblings: how much were you involved in raising the younger ones...

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 20, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-siblings-how-much-were-you-involved-in-raising-the-younger-ones/486772 "2009-02-20T21:18:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-siblings-how-much-were-you-involved-in-raising-the-younger-ones/486772/41 "2020-03-20T22:35:08Z")

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I’m the first of 5, birth years of '54, '55, '56, '61, and '65. I was too young to be much help with all but the youngest. I did my share of diaper changing, feeding, burping, and such. I was also the designated babysitter from about age 12, and luckily, my sibs were mostly easy to deal with - mainly because they knew if they caused trouble, I’d call a neighbor who had full authority to kick ass and take names. 😃

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**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-siblings-how-much-were-you-involved-in-raising-the-younger-ones/486772/42 "2020-03-21T05:57:59Z")

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Not at all. We were kept in separate rooms for good reason. Isolated from nearby cousins too, the pervs.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-siblings-how-much-were-you-involved-in-raising-the-younger-ones/486772/43 "2020-03-21T06:38:48Z")

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I was the baby, 3 years younger than my brother. He was not involved in raising me at all. In fact, he was a bully throughout our childhood.

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