It’s not a problem at all now that we’re older, but when I was seventeen she was only six, and I used to feel more like a father than an older brother. I often had to look after her when Mum and Dad went out, which really cramped my style! Also, she never understood the concept of ‘privacy’ — she was always going into my room and taking things without asking — I’d find books and CDs under her bed that she’d ‘borrowed’ from me
