At younger age like 7.5 and 2.5 years, the difference of five years is quite big for anyone to presume that the children's needs and behaviours have to be comparable. Individuals (including children) and the way they think and perceive are never identical. So, I am of the opinion that your children need to be treated as unique individuals with their own personality traits and with their own unique needs and behavioural patterns. Let their attitudes of sharing and caring develop in their own unique ways. All that you probably have to keep an eye on is whether they are behaving and doing things with their own age-appropriate 'normalcy' or not. In other words, you need to bother or worry if there is anything unusual in their behaviour. Whatever way anyone tries to make them do or not do things, individual differences that nature has built in each person will play up and those expecting a scripted behaviour from them may get disappointed. You will be able to enjoy their development and growth better if you (and other closely connected people) allow both of your children to grow up in their unique ways, but under the good care and guidance from the elder members of the family. I think both of them are growing up well in an age-appropriate way and you have no reason to worry. Sibling rivalry is very common and normal, especially at their ages. You don't have to bother much about it if there is nothing harmful about the way they express it.
Answered2024-03-21 10:28:21
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