You keep coming up with unique threads Thena. Nice job 
I have one younger brother. I don’t feel as if there was a favorite, but I always got blamed for everything that my brother did + things that I did. He never got in trouble, I was the one who always was getting ridiculed or lectured. My little brother used to fake getting hurt all the time, just to see me get in trouble, and after a while, my parents caught on, and still, for years, I would be blamed for anything that was broken or what have you. He could literally get away with everything. There were just a few things that I wanted to be off limits in my room, and told him to never mess with or go through, and he would, and he’d lie about it, and my parents (mostly my dad was the one home all the time) wouldn’t do anything about it. Now, my brother and I have a great relationship, but if I’m a parent I hope that I’m as aware and open as I am now to seeing these things. I want to have the best relationship with my kids as possibly can, if that ever happens.
I have one younger brother. I don’t feel as if there was a favorite, but I always got blamed for everything that my brother did + things that I did. He never got in trouble, I was the one who always was getting ridiculed or lectured. My little brother used to fake getting hurt all the time, just to see me get in trouble, and after a while, my parents caught on, and still, for years, I would be blamed for anything that was broken or what have you. He could literally get away with everything. There were just a few things that I wanted to be off limits in my room, and told him to never mess with or go through, and he would, and he’d lie about it, and my parents (mostly my dad was the one home all the time) wouldn’t do anything about it. Now, my brother and I have a great relationship, but if I’m a parent I hope that I’m as aware and open as I am now to seeing these things. I want to have the best relationship with my kids as possibly can, if that ever happens.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
