Jemma Sbeg

And quite like almost in competition with yourself to get an invite to this like exclusive childhood party. Yeah. I think they sometimes feel looked down upon. You can feel really compared to your older sibling or overshadowed. Not because you're less capable, just because you've simply had less time. Like having older siblings is like having a moving marker ahead of you that is impossible to

And quite like almost in competition with yourself to get an invite to this like exclusive childhood party. Yeah. I think they sometimes feel looked down upon. You can feel really compared to your older sibling or overshadowed. Not because you're less capable, just because you've simply had less time. Like having older siblings is like having a moving marker ahead of you that is impossible to

And quite like almost in competition with yourself to get an invite to this like exclusive childhood party. Yeah. I think they sometimes feel looked down upon. You can feel really compared to your older sibling or overshadowed. Not because you're less capable, just because you've simply had less time. Like having older siblings is like having a moving marker ahead of you that is impossible to

to reach like even if you do somehow reach it like there's always going to be you know you're always going to be looking back and seeing what the elder sibling is doing and there is a sense of competition like they were the first one to graduate high school they may have been the first one to go to university the first one to do all of these things that you can only just do after them and

to reach like even if you do somehow reach it like there's always going to be you know you're always going to be looking back and seeing what the elder sibling is doing and there is a sense of competition like they were the first one to graduate high school they may have been the first one to go to university the first one to do all of these things that you can only just do after them and

to reach like even if you do somehow reach it like there's always going to be you know you're always going to be looking back and seeing what the elder sibling is doing and there is a sense of competition like they were the first one to graduate high school they may have been the first one to go to university the first one to do all of these things that you can only just do after them and

If you are perhaps not as intelligent or academically inclined as they are, can feel like your parents or your aunts or your uncles or people are looking at you and being like, oh, like you're their sibling. How come you're not operating at their level? I have found, though, that actually this tends to switch up the older we get. So the sense of competition and comparison kind of goes away.

If you are perhaps not as intelligent or academically inclined as they are, can feel like your parents or your aunts or your uncles or people are looking at you and being like, oh, like you're their sibling. How come you're not operating at their level? I have found, though, that actually this tends to switch up the older we get. So the sense of competition and comparison kind of goes away.

If you are perhaps not as intelligent or academically inclined as they are, can feel like your parents or your aunts or your uncles or people are looking at you and being like, oh, like you're their sibling. How come you're not operating at their level? I have found, though, that actually this tends to switch up the older we get. So the sense of competition and comparison kind of goes away.

And I was talking to my friend Steph about this and how she has an older sister and her older sister was like, well, now I compare myself to you. Like you are doing such cool things. And as I'm like approaching 30, like I kind of want your life. And I was like, huh, that's very, very interesting that you spend your whole childhood wanting to be like your elder siblings.

And I was talking to my friend Steph about this and how she has an older sister and her older sister was like, well, now I compare myself to you. Like you are doing such cool things. And as I'm like approaching 30, like I kind of want your life. And I was like, huh, that's very, very interesting that you spend your whole childhood wanting to be like your elder siblings.

And I was talking to my friend Steph about this and how she has an older sister and her older sister was like, well, now I compare myself to you. Like you are doing such cool things. And as I'm like approaching 30, like I kind of want your life. And I was like, huh, that's very, very interesting that you spend your whole childhood wanting to be like your elder siblings.

And then, you know, your elder sibling looks back and is like, I just want to be where you are. Like I'm so nostalgic, but also so impressed by you. Final point, and this was wonderfully described by an article from the Therapeutic Center for Anxiety and Trauma, and it's that youngest children struggle with just getting whatever's left over.

And then, you know, your elder sibling looks back and is like, I just want to be where you are. Like I'm so nostalgic, but also so impressed by you. Final point, and this was wonderfully described by an article from the Therapeutic Center for Anxiety and Trauma, and it's that youngest children struggle with just getting whatever's left over.

And then, you know, your elder sibling looks back and is like, I just want to be where you are. Like I'm so nostalgic, but also so impressed by you. Final point, and this was wonderfully described by an article from the Therapeutic Center for Anxiety and Trauma, and it's that youngest children struggle with just getting whatever's left over.

And I don't just mean food or resources or even hand-me-downs. I'm talking about roles in the family. The longer a family has been together, the more rigid every person's role has become. So by the time the younger sibling arrives, the family has kind of established a pretty consistent and fixed dynamic that more or less works for everyone involved.

And I don't just mean food or resources or even hand-me-downs. I'm talking about roles in the family. The longer a family has been together, the more rigid every person's role has become. So by the time the younger sibling arrives, the family has kind of established a pretty consistent and fixed dynamic that more or less works for everyone involved.

And I don't just mean food or resources or even hand-me-downs. I'm talking about roles in the family. The longer a family has been together, the more rigid every person's role has become. So by the time the younger sibling arrives, the family has kind of established a pretty consistent and fixed dynamic that more or less works for everyone involved.

So younger siblings may end up adopting whatever role the family still needs and still lacks. So if everyone in the family is happy-go-lucky and really go with the flow, the younger sibling might, you know, fill that gap and become the responsible one. Or another scenario, you know, everyone in the family is arguing and fighting and there's a lot of tension.

So younger siblings may end up adopting whatever role the family still needs and still lacks. So if everyone in the family is happy-go-lucky and really go with the flow, the younger sibling might, you know, fill that gap and become the responsible one. Or another scenario, you know, everyone in the family is arguing and fighting and there's a lot of tension.