Yes! The interaction amongst all of my children with their varying ages is very beneficial. My younger children are doing more, understanding more and saying more than the average child their age and it’s mainly because they are learning from their older siblings . Sometimes when I have to step away from our schoolroom, I come back and find my 9 year old daughter helping my 6 year old son with his work and it just warms my heart.

I think it’s a beautiful thing when our children interact and connect across the ages. We shouldn’t put them in a box based on how people think they should act. I love that my children can hold conversations with people their age all the way up to elders and they enjoy it! 😊 It really depends on their comfort zone how they interact with others and I wouldn’t dare push my kids to interact with only their age group. I learned so much growing up by being around all kinds of age groups.