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Little brother trouble.

My brother, who will be seven on halloween just got scolded by me :( I always yell at him, and you think that being nine years apart we would get along better but sometimes I can’t help it. I feel horrible, and I’m in tears. I just screamed at my brother, and although he’s used to it, I feel terrible this time. His little face just got that very scared look and he ran to his room and started crying saying he was sorry and he didn’t mean to. (he dropped my camera down the steps, it still works just a little loose) but anyways, I went up to his room and apologized because the last thing I wanted to do was act like my mother because she is very strict.

I just want to know how I can control myself from lashing out on a six year old, I feel terrible and I always regret yelling at him. :(

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Answer #1

You should think of why he drives you crazy. He may be doing it to get your reaction or because you treat him so poorly. You were once 6 years old yourself. If you want him to treat you better, you should treat him better. Just because you are older, it doesn’t make you right. There are a lot of things in life, but the one thing that is constant is that everyone is judge on how they treat other people. They don’t really remember you because you were rich or cute. Have you ever heard anyone say “She was such a nice person, she was gracious to everyone she met.” They never say “It is too bad she passed away because she was really cute.” People who see things through other’s eyes are wiser than those who only see it through their own. By the way, my sister is 9 years older than me and I made her life hell when she treated me like crap.

Answer #2

think before you yell instead of just spontainously yelling at him once you yell at him try thinking just try saying you need to be carefull next time or something of the sort case you can always get a new camera when he gets older remember and have him pay you back I droped my moms desktop computer down the stairs and I payed her back as soon as I got a job

Answer #3

Before you talk to him, make a point of keeping calm. Just think ‘if he has done something wrong I won’t be angry.’ If/when it happens again write about it. Answer why you lashed out at him, what you were feeling when you said it, and what you thought afterwards. I have a sister who is ten years older than me, and I figure the farther apart in age you are the less you will understand each other. The same goes in all other relationships, although it’s a little different with dating than siblings.

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