Man of the House

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             It is very difficult when one takes up the label of high responsibility especially when others are depending and looking up to you on deciding what is the difference between right and wrong. My younger brother and sister would always follow me around doing and saying the same as me. No matter what their age was, they would take me on as the head monkey and emulate my actions. Those that take on this label must know that we are being depended on and possibly imitated on each and every single movement. In particular, when I would go out with friends and invite my brother along, he would see the negative things I would do. To his eyes he wanted to be like his older brother and do everything that he would do. Young kids will take these types of actions because the one being held responsible is either setting a good or a bad example. Well this one night I took my brother to a party not feeling guilty for any actions I would take on. He saw me taking drugs and acting very foolish and so he misunderstood like I did and imitated me. After that night he thought it was cool because his big brother did it all the time so he would begin taking the same actions with his friends as well. Being responsible for yourself and others as well is a tough challenge. It can clearly be seen that your imperfect actions can affect the minds of those that are trying to be like you. The actions that you take can show that this label is handed with an enforced limit of what to do and not to do. You should be able to know and understand that as the oldest child or the one depended on, means that all eyes are on you. What ever good or faulty things that you do can affect the things that the dependents do. When taking responsibility as the oldest it should be known what the meaning of being responsible really means. It is not just the act of controlling everyone and everything around, but knowing what actions and steps to take to actually earn the degree of being responsible.