I see a fair number of threads asking about 'are my DC old enough to...'
There then often follows an explanation of the ages of both DC and either the OP or others suggesting that because DC1 is xx years old it's ok.
Is it only me (who was an elder DC by about 5 years) who thinks this is really unfair on the older child (who, on their own may well be able to do whatever it is) because of the responsibility it places on them, often when they don't have the necessary authority to support it?
My view is that if both children are old enough (or whatever measure of suitability for the task is appropriate) then it's fine, but if one child wouldn't be deemed suitable to do something without the other sibling then it's not on.
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To think it's unfair to expect one DC to take responsibility for another?
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Fluffy24 · 05/09/2015 15:28
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