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Don't know if this is helpful, but I spent the first 6 years of my life living in the same home as my cousin who was 7 months younger than me (her mom had divorced when she was a baby and came to live with my mom). We ended up being very close (and still are), and since both of my sisters are much older than me, I really feel that it helped having someone closer to my own age to play with. As for parenting, one of the advantages my mom and aunt had was that my cousin and I were so close in age that we could do most of the milestones (weaning, potty training, first day of school) together.
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