I really can't imagine it being important at all, to be honest. Have kids when you want to have them. If you're good parents, how close in age your kids are won't make any difference to anything.
I suppose it's not so surprising that kids interact differently with siblings of different ages; you interact differently with people of different ages, whether they're siblings or not.
I still think if the parents are self-aware to take this into account and still socialise their children properly then it wouldn't be a big deal either way. The right nurture effects could give results completely the opposite of dependency and immaturity even if there is a low sibling age difference, or vice versa. There are so many factors involved in what makes a kid grow up as they do that I don't think there's much point in over-emphasising one.
Do you think it's better for kids to be close or farther apart in age?
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I really can't imagine it being important at all, to be honest. Have kids when you want to have them. If you're good parents, how close in age your kids are won't make any difference to anything.
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It's actually known to make a difference in how they interact with each other, and with certain social skills.
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I suppose it's not so surprising that kids interact differently with siblings of different ages; you interact differently with people of different ages, whether they're siblings or not.
I still think if the parents are self-aware to take this into account and still socialise their children properly then it wouldn't be a big deal either way. The right nurture effects could give results completely the opposite of dependency and immaturity even if there is a low sibling age difference, or vice versa. There are so many factors involved in what makes a kid grow up as they do that I don't think there's much point in over-emphasising one.