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No freedom because of my brother, what to do?

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My brother is 8 and every day after school I have to pick him up.. which is annoying because I can't stay late at my own school to finish or help out. I can't go to my friends house after school because of him.. I can't go outside or leave the house, just stay home and watch my brother. He's too afraid to stay home alone, so he makes me do EVERYTHING for him, get him this, make him that.. blah blah.. I feel like a slave basically and he's a spoiled brat. It's not that I don't love him or care about him, it's just I don't know how to make him more independant and to not rely on me all the time. He will be 9 soon and I think thats old enough to be independant, but my mom says he can't stay home alone til grade 5. What should I do? I feel like I have no freedom because of him.. and I'm not trying to be selfish.