Parentification and Special Needs Siblings

My son Sawyer is 10 years old. And yet, he tells everyone he is 11.

He boasted recently…’I convinced my whole baseball team that I am 11 years old already mom.’

This is not a new occurrence. Sawyer has always wanted to be older. He never really had time for being little.

He skipped cartoons and Sesame Street. He rode a bike at age three.

Yet he still ho…