Birth Order

I am the oldest of two in my family. My younger brother Nick is 16 now and I am 17. My personality is a bit friendlier to most than my brothers. My brother is somewhat a reflection of me since he came after me. I remember growing up and Nick copying me when we were younger but I always hated it. This has to do with birth order. The younger sibling is more likely to be somewhat like the older sibling than not. I can be considered the "tester" since I was the first born; my parents experimented with me to figure out how to sculpt out a good child and it worked for me. I think they worked less on my brother because they figured he would take after me; wrong. My brother has a bad temper and is still very nice but not very sincere all the time. I'm not trying to make myself sound so great, but this is just how I see it. I think the my position of birth order didn't impact me enough. I feel that the younger sibling will typically be cared for more but in my situation, my brother in ways was cared for less. My parents give him everything like most younger siblings but he is not always treated the way I was treated when I was his age. You may think that since I'm only a year and a half older that the gap is too small for there to be a difference, but there is a difference.