How Siblings Can Affect A Life

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It is always nice to have someone in your family who is of similar age and sex. This can help you with your challenges in life and make it easier to relate. When you don’t have anyone it is hard to find someone close enough to you to help you out in times of need. Even entertainment can come to be a big need when you are alone. Having a sibling similar in age and sex can give you something to do more often. As I have grown up I have always been seven years younger than my brother making it hard to relate to him.

When I was younger and starting school I didn’t have anyone to look to for advice and style. Being a girl with a brother I didn’t really know what the style was at school. My mom or dad would buy me my clothes and pick them out so that is what I would wear. I had no one to tell me how school was like at the time because my brother was seven years past where I was beginning. Having a huge difference in age with my brother made me very shy as well. It was hard for me to talk to others because I didn’t know how to or what to talk about. When I arrived at my first day of school I waited for people to start to talk to me and didn’t make many friends that way. I had few friends and the number would gradually grow over some time. Having no siblings around my age made me love to go to school. When I would get home I would have no one to play with so therefore I would look forward to school the next day. Not having siblings of similar age or sex can have an effect on the way a person is at school.

As I grew older my father got remarried allowing me to have two female siblings each two years from my age. The years went by and I became closer and closer with Kathleen and Colleen. I was able to follow their style and see what to wear when attending school. I was also able to always have someone to hang out with and talk to. I looked up to my older sister in ways of style and things to do. I always wanted to do what she did and wanted to do exactly as she did.

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