To be the oldest child in your family My little son, he is 2,5, always tries to be in touch with his elder sister, she is 6. And she, of cause, always like: "Hey, go away! Mom, why does he follow me a

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To be the oldest child in your family My little son, he is 2,5, always tries to be in touch with his elder sister, she is 6. And she, of cause, always like: "Hey, go away! Mom, why does he follow me again?" What can i advise for her? I myself was the youngest in my family and I remember how it is. And I always tried to do the same that my brother did. Did he want to play with his car? - I needed it immediately. Did he ask mom to read some book? - I wanted read with mom, but another book. Did he try to draw? - I needed THIS colour pencil at the same time. Just because he is older and, that mean, so clever and cute as I want to be! So, what can i advise to my daughter? Keep calm and wait. At least 5 years. To be the oldest sibling is a real hard work.

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To be the oldest child in your family

My little son, he is 2,5 2 and a half, [in English scientists would write that 2.5 with a period instead of a comma as in Europe, but in informal writing we would say two and a half usually]. always tries to be in touch hang around ["to be in touch" means contacting someone every day or so, not being in their presence all the time, "hang around" or especially "tag along" are used to describe younger kids or puppies following someone] with his elder sister, she who is 6. And she, of cause course, is always like: "Hey, go away! Mom, why does he follow me again?" [better: "Why is he following me again?" because it is happening right now] What can i advise for tell her? I myself was the youngest in my family and I remember how it is. And I always tried to do the same that whatever my brother did. Did he want to play with his car? - I needed it immediately. Did he ask mom to read some book? - I wanted to read with mom, but another book. Did he try to draw? - I needed THIS colour pencil at the same time. Just because he is was older and, that meant, so clever and cute as I wanted to be! So, what can i advise to my daughter? Keep calm and wait. At least 5 years. To be the oldest sibling is a real hard work.

NOTES: This is very good! Sorry for so much highlighting--they are minor details about word choices.

We can say "What can I advise her?" but that sounds like business or legal advice. We can also say "What advice should I give her?" which is more informal for kids, but most common we would say "What can I tell my daughter?" or "How can I explain this to her?"

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