Tell me your experiences with having (or being) a younger sibling following an older sibling through school. We're just starting to run into this now.
My older kids started school last year (after being homeschooled) when DS was in 8th grade and DD was in 6th. DS is very outgoing, and well-liked by his teachers. It's starting to REALLY annoy DD when teachers ask her about her brother, who is in high school now. The worst (to her) was when one of the teachers actually wrote a greeting to him on HER report card! Next year she'll be in 8th grade, and will probably have most of the same teachers he had last year, so it will only get worse.
I told her that when teachers say, "You must be Brian's sister! How's he doing?" just to say, "He's doing great! I'll tell him you asked about him!" and then let it drop. But she's concerned that they're all comparing her to him...and they are completely different kids with different personalities and strengths, and she doesn't want to be in his shadow.
How have your kids (or you, back then) dealt with this?
