Well... I'm 19, and my brother is 13
My brother and I are completely different, simply because he is very impulsive and has ADHD.
I was allowed my first tape player well...since I was born, my parents used to play music to me, I was given a portable tape player when I was 3 to take with us to England so I had something to do, and personal choice I used the Cd player I got for my 14th birthday until last year when I finally got an Ipod. I had a cell phone since I was 6, because that was the time I started walking to the mall or to a friends in England, I still have a cellphone now (not the same one!). I got my ears pierced when I was 10, my first "piercing," which was an eyebrow piercing when I turned 14, and then my other piercing I got on my 16th birthday.
I was given my first computer when I was 10, which sat on my desk in my bedroom, laptop at 15.
I was staying home by myself at 7, 6 for very short periods of time... usually 10 or 15 minutes at a time. Walking to school by myself from day one, and I had to cross a main road with a crossing guard.
My brother on the other hand, didn't start walking to school by himself until he was 10, because of his impulsive nature he would take... "detours," he was given a cd player at 9, he now has an mp3 player. He's had a computer all his life because my dad is in the IT field, he got his cellphone at 10 because we needed to know where he was at all times. He's been staying home since he was 7 or 8, but when we come back there is no food left in the house! so we've started taking him out with us now.
My brother and I are completely different, simply because he is very impulsive and has ADHD.
I was allowed my first tape player well...since I was born, my parents used to play music to me, I was given a portable tape player when I was 3 to take with us to England so I had something to do, and personal choice I used the Cd player I got for my 14th birthday until last year when I finally got an Ipod. I had a cell phone since I was 6, because that was the time I started walking to the mall or to a friends in England, I still have a cellphone now (not the same one!). I got my ears pierced when I was 10, my first "piercing," which was an eyebrow piercing when I turned 14, and then my other piercing I got on my 16th birthday.
I was given my first computer when I was 10, which sat on my desk in my bedroom, laptop at 15.
I was staying home by myself at 7, 6 for very short periods of time... usually 10 or 15 minutes at a time. Walking to school by myself from day one, and I had to cross a main road with a crossing guard.
My brother on the other hand, didn't start walking to school by himself until he was 10, because of his impulsive nature he would take... "detours," he was given a cd player at 9, he now has an mp3 player. He's had a computer all his life because my dad is in the IT field, he got his cellphone at 10 because we needed to know where he was at all times. He's been staying home since he was 7 or 8, but when we come back there is no food left in the house! so we've started taking him out with us now.