My just-turned 4 year-old wants so badly to be a big boy. He does everything (or at least wants to) that his older brothers can do. When he interacts with his friends he seems older and can even get a little snippy with his mouth, giving me (or his friends) an attitude that an older child might display.
Likewise, his interests seem a little older. He skimmed through the baby shows like Max and Ruby into Spongebob. I tried to limit what he watched but it’s hard when there’s older siblings! He loves music and for the longest time kept asking to hear Fireburning by Sean Kingston (my older boys influence) or Rock the Casbah by The Clash (my influence).
I’m not sure what else to say about this, I guess I worry that kids seem to know more or be exposed to more at a young age than we did- and if you have more than 1 child, the younger ones are likely to do more or know more than your older kids did when they were young. I’m not sure how much if this you can really prevent. Maybe just being aware of it and attempting to preserve the littleness will help.
