#Younger siblings

[aflamboyanceofflamingos]

My current AU that I will never write is Jason, Steph, and Tim bonding through becoming a cover band

They’re called “Kicked Out” because they were the only ones not given a chance to grow out of the Robin name because of course they would name their band after something angsty

Steph is the main vocalist and plays the electric guitar

Jason’s the bassist and his voice is a fan favorite as well

Tim’s on the drums but he also the one who chooses their arrangements because he’s has the widest range in music taste

But they all know a variety of other instruments

Bruce and Dick have no clue about it because Babs thinks it funny, but Cass, Duke, and Damian know because of the younger siblings code

Babs also helps with some of the more manager stuff

Cass helps with lighting and stage directions, and with choreography when it’s needed

Duke is their song writer when they move on from just covers

Tim and Damian act somewhat civil when they’re working on together the visuals, like merch, promo material, or album covers

[shadowqueenjude]

One thing super frustrating is how everyone always talks about older sibling trauma but never about younger siblings. It’s always “oh the eldest is parentified and has loads of pressure to be the example of the younger siblings” and you know what I’m not questioning that I actually agree. But people always act like the youngest has it so perfect and they have no problems whatsoever and they get to do whatever they want.

WHICH IS WRONG. Let me explain as a younger sibling. As the oldest sibling, you are treated like an adult far earlier than the others, which leads to the negative side effects of being parentified. As the youngest sibling, you are treated like a child for far longer than the others, which means your parents REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN YOU’VE GROWN UP. Meaning they keep you from doing stuff to “protect” the baby of the house, and this often persists well into adulthood.

And everyone says “well the eldest is pressured to be perfect!” I’m not denying that they often are. Everything they do seems to not be enough. BUT THE YOUNGEST IS PRESSURIZED TOO. Because everyone thinks they’re perfect, they often feel obligated to act that way. Act super nice to awful people when the elder would have no problem biting back. And it makes them reliant on that love and attention and affection. So the moment they do something wrong that sets off their parents, they beat themselves up. They desperately try to please their parents and earn that love back. They become people-pleasers.

I’m tired of people acting like younger siblings are super spoiled and selfish or whatever while the eldest are super self-sacrificing. That’s not how it works.

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

texts I get from my little sister: "i miss youuuuu" "can we ft today" "look at this picture of the dogs"

texts I get from my little brother: "weeble deeble"

[potatothemouse]

pov: you go to Micheal’s with your younger siblings

me:

Younger sibling:

[plumsaucemadein2005]

Talking to my younger sister and she says "I ship them-" and then she stops looks at me and goes "shipping, you know what shipping is right?"

The joys of never really mentioning fanfic to your family members

[yourlocalbadgerscales]

My little brother just returned to our cabin with his headphones on and his phone in hand I was stormed out of the bedroom like “[H/N], HIIIIIIII! :D” because I’m goofy like that, and he just looks up at me, does the 🤫 face and then taps his headphones and walks past me.

Bro invented a new form of mewing and he ain’t even know the og version. Respect.

[therollypollyrolli]

haha makeup go bye bye

[nerdesti]

idk what the best part is having a younger sibling with a 13/14 year age gap. the fact I can now introduce her to all the silly things I was interested at age 10 or that all the things I was interested in has come back full force. Percy Jackson with the TV show? Doctor Who???? Hunger Games????

[annakirk23]

(Age- 5)

My CP- Veronica Kirk…She’s all grown up! No longer a goth or emo but She still wear a Wednesday Addams expression. Also she is not an only child anymore more. She has a sister named Ellen Kirk.

Here is her sister-

(Age- 1) She is overprotective of her older sister!

Veronica is also dating a guy from the mountain corp named Peyton, they have known each other since their school days even though Peyton is about a year older.

Here is Peyton-

(Age- 6)

[yourfavouriteprettyboy]

being a younger sibling is looking up the tag "younger sibling" and being hit by posts about older siblings' lives.

WHEN IS IT GONNA BE ABOUT ME??

[darkfictionjude]

Jude of the Lake how the ros could act as older siblings assuming an au where they are not only childs?

Also the treatment would depend on the sibling gender or it would be the same?

Oooh I like that nickname love literary references 😌

Imre: he would be closer as children but not so much when they’re older (parenthood Imre, ring any bells?). He would got along better with a sister

Nia: not really be that close as kids but she would defend them against bullies. Finds a brother more annoying if he acts like a typical high school boy with a girl she lets her share her clothes

Lorcan: he would be a very happy and attentive brother. He would be much more protective over a sister, and rough house more with a brother

[goldrushenthusiast]

regulus is a variant of young sheldon and vise versa but yall aren’t ready for that conversation yet.

[aero-zebra-finch]

People be like "You worry too much" "You are so much like a mom" "You don't have to remind us things our mother's would"

I'm sorry man it's just the eldest sibling/daughter syndrome

[roughbuddy]

my older sister and i always talk about how sensitive our younger siblings are, and today i realized that they’re just normal. she and i are the ones that are messed up. we were taught to hide our emotions. to not cry over things the wouldn’t matter later. we were told that we were fine, even when we weren’t. ive always been annoyed with my siblings for crying or whatever, but now im grateful that they can without being yelled at. without being told it didn’t matter. i just wish i was like them.

[sebaztianlovesgeek]

I am annoyed with parents of gen alpha kids

So, shocker, gen alpha kids are basically being raised by the internet, this is just me gonna be ranting about it.

(keep in mind not all parents of gen alpha children do this or have bad intentions so please don't get upset with me)

So I began realising the state of gen alpha back in late 2022, when my then 7 and 8 year old sisters (who are not gen alpha but are very late gen z kids) were joking about sex, I was a bit concerned so I asked them how they knew what it was and who/what told them, I wasn't being intimidating or angry at them because I understand kids accidentally find out about sex all the time, wether that be from another kid telling them or them accidentally seeing a video about it, or simply hearing a joke about sex and not understanding it but repeating it because it sounds funny.

My sisters did nothing but laugh at me for asking. A few months later they were talking about sex again, so I asked them "What is sex?" Trying to see what they knew about it, my then 7 year old sister who we'll call G (we'll call the other F) said "Its when 2 people get naked, rub up against each other in bed and make funny noises" I'm grateful they didn't know the actual definition but its still concerning how they know what the word means.

My 2 sisters, mainly G as she's younger have been getting more out of control these past few years since covid. They have been OBSESSED with youtube shorts to the point where they barely watch actual full length youtube videos unless its a compilation of TikTok POVs, I've overheard some of the things said on the TikTok POV videos and surprise surprise, it talks about subjects that are not for kids like sex, drugs and the people in these POV videos often swear.

My sisters ALSO watch a lot of elsagate crap, you're probably wondering "but elsagate died down back in the late 2010's?" Well in recent years its resurfaced, instead of popular kids cartoon and movie characters like spiderman, mickey mouse, joker, peppa pig and of course, Elsa, they now use popular video game/internet characters like Huggy Wuggy, Skibidi Toilets, Freddy Fazbear and characters from the Amazing Digital Circus.

I was also a victim of elsagate as I was on youtube when the first wave hit, you will not believe the amount of "Elsa and Spiderman inject Joker with a needle and eat bugs" type videos I watched when I was young, and now that I know them videos probably did harm to me during my childhood I don't want it to happen to my siblings, majority of the authority figures in my life don't really care, most of them are millennials or even older, they don't really understand how the internet works and don't pay attention to the seemingly kid friendly elsagate videos my siblings watch on youtube long enough to see all of the innapropriate stuff happening in them, all they know is "G and F are watching a funny cartoon with that blue poppy playtime character"

Most of these new wave elsagate videos are fastly paced and overstimulating, I have heard this can have bad psychological effects on young kids, this is what causes them to have low attention spans and behaviour issues, I mean G literally got bored watching renaissance Disney movies like the Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Lion King, I would understand a kid getting bored watching Hunchback as it touches on more mature subjects which may be hard for them to understand, but she also got bored during the LION KING, which is also a mature film but is more kid friendly with brighter colours, upbeat songs and funny characters like Timon and Pumba, SHE COULDN'T EVEN GET THROUGH THAT.

I have seen countless videos on TikTok of preschool teachers going mad because younger kids are not focusing or behaving and keep talking about sex. Apparently one time a 5 year old said that his teacher had a "nice gyatt" which is basically slang for "nice butt".

I've also heard stories of ballet teachers getting requests from 6-8 year olds requesting to twerk to inappropriate music like WAP, CPR, Squidwards Nose, basically any Cupcakke song (which no hate to Cupcakke or anyone involved with these songs, I actually think grilling n**gas by Cupcakke is a fun listen as well as Squidwards Nose but it obviously shouldn't be listened to or danced to by little kids)

Now, I have seen many people online making fun of gen alpha kids/late gen z kids for having brainrot from watching stuff like this, but its not exactly their fault. When I was young it wasn't my fault I was watching all of those Elsa and Spiderman get pregnant and get an injection videos, nor is it the gen alpha kids fault they watch Skibidi Toilet and Pomni from Digital Circus has an "awesome gyatt" videos.

I think its more to blame on the parents who give an ipad to a 4 year old and pretend its a robotic babysitter, because its not, on the internet in general, not just youtube, its easy to come across some harmful content and people. For example I was watching My Little Pony vore videos (because yes I used to be a huge brony when I was young) not knowing what it was or how I was basically watching a fetish take place because all I knew my favourite character Rainbow Dash was about to be eaten by Rarity or Pinkie Pie (and speaking of Pinkie Pie I will not get started on Smile or Cupcakes HD)

Throughout this rant I have forgotten to mention I have a 2 year old baby brother (my family is complicated so thats why I have a lot of siblings younger than me) who thank god doesn't have an ipad yet but he watches Cocomelon, I have seen countless articles by parents talking about their toddlers getting addicted to Cocomelon like a drug and crying and screaming when they can't watch it.

I hope one day one of our authority figures like my Mum or grandparents can talk to my siblings about why this stuff is not for them, why watching "Skibidi toilet sniff Huggy Wuggy's gyatt while moaning" is just wrong, whenever I try to talk to them about it they just laugh at me, because I'm their "dumb older brother"

I don't want to seem like those old boomers everyone makes fun of who say "YOU DARN KIDS WITH YOUR BRAINFRYING INTERWEB!!!!!!!!" But I do want to be an older sibling who cares, the internet causes major mental and psychological issues if one uses it at a young age and becomes addicted especially if they consume harmful content like elsagate, I of all people know that, I experienced elsagate, I was bullied and told to KMS on amino multiple times because my fanarts were cringe, I watched scary jumpscare videos that gave me nightmares, I of course, saw all of them violent and sexual my little pony fan animations, I till this day still have mental health issues, and while these experiences online are not the only cause as I have been through a lot on the internet and real life, I simply worry for my younger family members and just the younger generation overall.

If you're a parent or older sibling of a young child, please make sure they are staying safe online, make sure to check on them and only let them watch content appropriate for their age, of course I'm not saying sugar coat everything, its okay to introduce your child to mature subjects every once in a while, but unlike these gross elsagate videos do it in a mature and understanding way, maybe when introducing the concept of death show them movies like Coco, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish or Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, or when discussing things like growing up show them Inside Out or Toy Story 3

[the-one-and-only-aroace]

Being a younger sibling is having every one of their accomplishments be an expectation but surpassing them in anything just ends up in them being criticized and you feeling guilty for doing anything better so you are constantly in a balancing act you never win