Why would a sister behave like this? Younger sister eats leftover birthday cake from older sister in just 3 days without leaving any for her family: ‘She eats my snacks, takes my clothes.’ – FAIL Blog

Younger siblings get away with so much. It’s so unfair to the oldest.

As an older sibling, you have more responsibilities than the rest. You have to be a nanny, a cook, a cleaning person, and even a parent. No matter how big the difference is, it is very likely that, if you are an older sibling, your parent will sometimes ask you to take care of your younger sibling. Whether it is to help them with homework, give them a ride somewhere, or even attend the school meeting they are unable to go to. It seems unfair that so many responsibilities are in the hands of someone who’s just a little older than the other sibling and deserves to be a kid as well.

Nowadays, we are seeing some changes in this dynamic with parents being more conscious of how much responsibility they are delegating to their older children. They have become more mindful and responsible of all their children’s well-being equally without putting that much responsibility on one child. But we still get some stories like the one below where the oldest has to accept things just because the younger sibling is younger. In this case, we have an entitled brat that know no boundaries and does as she pleases, and an older sister who has to put up with it.

I often think when reading this kind of story, that if roles were reversed, the outcome would be completely different. Here, the older sister feels uncomfortable confronting the youngest, as she feels that even though her attitude is not the correct one, she does feel that she should be more patient with her. If the oldest was the one who had eaten the cake, I can assure you that even her parents would have gotten involved and some kind of punishment, or at least forgiveness, would take place. So, why do we let the youngest behave like this? Why do parents reduce their limits with the second child? Is the world really changing in this aspect? I don’t have an answer for this, but let’s hope that with every new generation we get less of this differentiation and more equity between siblings from their parents.