When people ask you about your big brother, what do you tell them?  “He’s funny. But serious. He doesn’t want me to ask him what he’s doing on his phone. He wants me to stay out of it…but sometimes he’ll show me funny stuff.”
  As the oldest, do you feel any responsibility to be a role model?  “Yeah, especially when we’re running around playing a giant game of tag on all these trails. We play with all the neighbors. There are so many places to hide and it can all look the
  Do y’all keep secrets for each other?  “It’s kinda hard to keep them when he first tells me, but after I get a good night’s sleep I have mostly forgotten everything he told me. So it’s honestly impossible for me to share them.”
  What have you learned from your little brother?  “He taught me to be more patient and listen and understand more.”  How do you think it would be if you had two siblings?  “We would probably have to share a room and we might not have a pool.”
  What have you learned from your big brother?  “How to think before you speak. And if you think a word means one thing but it could mean something else, find out what the word means before you say it. And like, don’t argue over stupid things. Don’t
  Y’all seem to get along so well. Is this for real?  “Yeah, pretty much.”
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