His motivations are a mix of killing with kindness and passive-aggressive contempt. Can't tell what proportions. Not a 5 yo to trifle with.
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8 yo often minimizes 5 yo's achievements. 5 yo has decided to fight back by lauding 8 yo's achievements.
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5 yo is me. Sarcasm master.
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even more effective if you can praise the person putting you down without the sarcasm
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Is 5 yo being sincere, or has he just learned sarcasm earlier than most?
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Classic innovators dilemma ... acknowledge or minimize the competition
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Did you read "I'm OK, you are OK"? its old classics & has a chapter about _all_ kids playing "mine is better" game.
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Only books that were incidentally about it, like autobiographies.
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Francais.
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I wonder if behavior like this extends to adulthood in siblings and is related to birth order?
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I'm not a father, but I would monitor this. My older brother minimized not only my accomplishments, but also my suffering. Minimized me.
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I'm now in my forties. I don't communicate with him at all.
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