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Older siblings deserve a childhood too!!!

Hot take, but it needs to be said. Your older child isn’t a built-in babysitter.

Yes, siblings can help, but there’s a big difference between teaching responsibility and offloading parenting. When kids are constantly expected to take care of their siblings, they miss out on their own childhood.

Let kids be kids. You chose to have more children… they didn’t.

Do you agree or disagree?

#momhottakes #lemon8challenge #AskLemon8 #lemon8parentingcreator #motherhood

2025/11/1 Edited to

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I mean it's teaching them how they can be mothers and fathers without having a kid of their own

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