As the eldest of three (with a 6 year gap between the second and 10 on the third) I think I was generally a good brother, but I was definitely still an idiot kid and accidentally hurt them several times while rough housing or just generally being stupid.
I would say I never intended harm on them, so it wasn’t evil and if anyone picked on them is get very defensive so… I do think there is a natural instinct to protect but that doesn’t prevent from accidentally hurting them yourself.
Hard to say though as kids and teens can be idiots and not think about potential consequences.
I’d be embarrased to post some of the things I accidentally did to my younger siblings, but a not so bad example is we were playing with sockem boppers and I upper cutted my brother into the corner of a door frame.
As the eldest of three (with a 6 year gap between the second and 10 on the third) I think I was generally a good brother, but I was definitely still an idiot kid and accidentally hurt them several times while rough housing or just generally being stupid.
I would say I never intended harm on them, so it wasn’t evil and if anyone picked on them is get very defensive so… I do think there is a natural instinct to protect but that doesn’t prevent from accidentally hurting them yourself.
Hard to say though as kids and teens can be idiots and not think about potential consequences.
I’d be embarrased to post some of the things I accidentally did to my younger siblings, but a not so bad example is we were playing with sockem boppers and I upper cutted my brother into the corner of a door frame.