It was a typical Tuesday night. I finished my homework and was playing some video games, then my little brother and his friends wanted to play a game with me. I got off the game and played with them. We were playing a game called magic the gathering. And I have been playing for 5+ years. During the game, they were stunned by my powerful and rare cards that Ive collected. And even though they teamed up on me, I came back and won by a landslide. 

It was at that point when I realized, how much of an impact a big brother, or older figure can have on a kid. I walked away from the kitchen table feeling great and could hear my brother and his friend chatting about how good my cards were. I always thought as a kid that my big brothers or older kids at school hated me, and  didn’t care about me. But now as I’m in the position of the big brother, I realize thats not true and that little brothers do actually have an impact.

 Even though I was better than them at the game, even though it wasn’t that serious of a game, it was still very important and had an impact on them.