In discussing family memories with other members of the family, and this happens in a lot of families, I find that memories of childhood to be totally different. 

Is this possible since we had the same parents, lived and raised in the same town, attended the same schools, and our age difference is about three years.  How can this happen? 

After thinking about this and seeking out others’ opinions, I have decided due to different personalities, minds, and temperaments is why our family experiences were different.  Also, the fact that each of us had different playmates.   Parents try to treat each child the same and identify with each child the same; but, it is hard for a parent not to identify more with one child than the other and treat them the same way because each child has different needs. 

Listening to each of us, it seemed each of us were raised in separate families.  Also in larger families the younger children  witness  many more events  of family members  because of the number of children and events and can learn from others’ life experiences. 

So when you and your siblings gather around the table, discuss different events during your lives when growing  up to see how close you come to having the same or different views on what happened.

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