i have a friend who has a sick mother and no father he is 16 and his oldest brother and oldest sister are the disaplinarine when they get into trouble there are 4 other children age 6 8 9 13 and the oldest two are 27 and 28 is this weird that his older brother can ground him?
2006-11-12 13:15:59 · 7 answers · asked by sidney m 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
no, that's not weird. his older siblings are stepping in as the parental role b/c the younger kids still need direction (even at age 16) and the parents are sick/gone.
2006-11-12 13:17:57 · answer #1 · answered by mighty_power7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In this situation I would say no. Especially considering the age of the older sibling. There is probably a lot on the father's shoulders right now with 5 kids and a sick wife. I would say the man needs all the help he can get and he is lucky he has older children who can and will help.
2006-11-12 13:18:49 · answer #2 · answered by The OTHER Boelyn Chic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not if their parent have agreed that since mom is sick that the older children are the guardians of the younger kids.
I've been know to ground, timeout and have long talks with my extended family member's children when they step out of line. They know I love those kids and I'm excessively cool about it and if my kids acted up in front of them I would appreciate the same as long as they did it in an self controlled, adult manner. If you have a good understanding with your relations on what's right and what's wrong then the kids gets a better upbringing all together.
2006-11-12 13:20:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be a little weird, but its def. a good thing. The older siblings are stepping up and taking responsibility for their other siblings. Its better that they do this, ur friend needs someone in his life right now whether its a brother or not.
2006-11-12 13:20:33 · answer #4 · answered by balla11 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, its perfectly fine. Everybody needs discipline and obviously his mother should not be worried with that kind of thing and they have no father. The oldest are adults and they probably know best.
2006-11-12 13:18:44 · answer #5 · answered by alkdjf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no neccesarily. he is now the adult athority of the house. mother is undable to do b the authority...so the older sibling should. just not in a ridiculous manner.
2006-11-12 13:18:16 · answer #6 · answered by <3Kiira<3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, very
2006-11-12 13:17:44 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋