Our eldests (twins) were still under a year when the pandemic started, and Minnesota was quite strict, and then we moved, and it took a little while to settle on a church, so altogether they didn’t meaningfully hang out with any older kids until they were three years old. That stark shift made it very apparent how eager for it they were; one older boy in particular who is nice enough to notice littler kids remains a minor god to them.
Our eldests (twins) were still under a year when the pandemic started, and Minnesota was quite strict, and then we moved, and it took a little while to settle on a church, so altogether they didn’t meaningfully hang out with any older kids until they were three years old. That stark shift made it very apparent how eager for it they were; one older boy in particular who is nice enough to notice littler kids remains a minor god to them.