I am the oldest of four children and I ALWAYS took the punishment for what they did. When I was little and my mom would try to whip my little sister, she would just jump behind me and I would get the whipping anyway. They have always pushed me around because I was the smallest. Both of my sisters tower over me and my 10 year old brother is as tall as I am! The advantage is that now when I tell my parents that one of them has done something, they believe ME!