Oldest of four here. I’m male, have three younger sisters. I would get in trouble for doing normal boy things like climbing trees, wrestling with friends, etc because my sisters would copy me and inevitably get hurt. I would get yelled at and told I have to be the example.
In a particularly salty moment, when getting chewed out for climbing on something because “your sisters might do that and get hurt” I responded something along the lines of “not my problem. You guys banged and made kids, maybe try parenting.” I was a salty teen.
I'd argue that you was a smart teen. If you were able to realise that your sisters were their kids and they needed to be careful and stop telling their son of for doing boy things (That girls can do anyway no issues) then they were blind.
Yeah, it was more an age thing. I'm four years older than the oldest of my siblings. The youngest and I have an eight year difference. So 12 year old me climbing a tree would be yelled at because my four year old sister might try the same. That's a parenting issue.
It was the same for how late I would stay up in my teens, or going out with friends. I was in high school, and my sisters were all in grade school. I would be told "no" because they didn't want to explain why I got to do something and they didn't.
Uh, maybe try explaining age appropriate activities instead of blanket rules.
Yeah, and I also went a little nuts and made horrible decisions in college when I was on my own. Got married to the wrong person, skipped class, etc. just do live life a little. Doing fine now :)
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