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Cousins are a really great way to be around role models who are in a next phase of life. Siblings are usually too close in age (or younger), parents are many m
by wnolens 3y ago
Cousins are a really great way to be around role models who are in a next phase of life.
Siblings are usually too close in age (or younger), parents are many many steps ahead and experienced your current phase in a different world. But if you're entering high school it's useful to have a connection with people entering college, or getting their first job. That rarely happens outside of the family.
- mouth 3y agoIt was an older cousin who introduced me to computers, and sparked my passion for technology.
- Retric 3y agoThat’s a function of smaller families and parents delaying children until ~30+, one of my siblings was in collage when another was born. Sure that’s an unusually wide range today, but if you trace family trees you can find many examples of aunts and uncles who are younger than their nieces and nephews.
- pictureofabear 3y agoIn a non-dysfunctional family. All of my cousins are bums! My wife's cousins are awesome though, and so are my brother-in-law's.
- andrepd 3y agoRole-models yes, for sure. But good role models? That's the tricky part :)