Being the Oldest Sibling Means Never Stopping | Nigeria
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0:00A: My junior sister is about, I don’t know, say she’s 12 or 13. Yeah, I think.
0:06B: And so how do you feel being a big brother?
0:08A: Yeah, I feel a little bit more pressure because at this point in my family, I think it’s just like I’m the eye of the family, you know. Most of the times I feel a little bit pressure because the support comes from me to them. So I feel like I should do more for my family. As a big bro, you have to, like, you have -- I have younger bro, younger sister, which I have to like sometimes, yeah, do some things for them.
0:31B: How do you feel like that shows up? Like what kind of things do you feel like you have to do for them? And what does that, how does that pressure make you feel?
0:36A: Like the responsibility I have actually keeps me going, like to do more. Even when I’m weak, I can like just stay and look at my sisters and my brother going to like do stuff when I’m their big bro, you understand? So I actually feel like I should do more so that if by any means they need something, I should be of support. And that energy and that responsibility I always feel I have makes me to do more.
