I'm the Eldest!

I can't recall how many times my mother or my father would implore me to supervise my siblings by reminding me of my birth order. They'd say stuff like, you're the oldest, they follow your example, your responsible if anything happens to them. There were times when blame was placed at my feet, even when I didn't have anything to do with it. There were good times and there were bad times as well. The bad times always happened when they'd reply, you're not the boss of me - I don't have to do anything you said. I'd respond telling them that mom or dad left me in charge. Last night, after watching Slumdog Millionaire, I am going to start saying, and will teach my kids (when I get some) to say, "I'm the eldest, you must do as I say." That was the best line in the movie for me. Any backtalk or refusal to obey was met with, "I'm the eldest, you must do as I say." I wish that worked in every arena where I was the oldest person in attendance. It would make things so much easier.