golden child

Parents praise their oldest golden child and ostracize their ‘black sheep’ son for years: ‘I'm chasing the shadow of my family's approval’

Lana DeGaetano

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40-year-old keeps secret that her 47-year-old sister never graduated college from their parents for 20+ years: 'I’ve been contemplating for a while just letting the truth come out'

Emmy Pratt

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Grandfather sticks up for 16-year-old after his parents criticize him for his video game career aspirations, his golden child 14-year-old brother refuses to accept he's not everyone's favorite: ‘He gets spoiled rotten’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I am not the backup child’: Parents demand 16-year-old son follow their strict life plan for him after his ‘golden child’ 18-year-old brother drops out of college, son refuses their ‘help’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘He was always our father’s favorite’: Man cuts off contact with family after 30+ years of ‘golden child’ brother's exclusionary tactics

Lana DeGaetano

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25-year-old daughter cuts off her critical mother after ‘lifelong’ feud and comparisons to her ‘golden child’ older brother: ‘She had her chance to be a mom, and she blew it’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I’m sick of the favoritism’: 17-year-old son scolds parents for forgetting his birthday after years of living in adopted brother's shadow, parents take offense

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I'm tired of being disrespected’: Golden child calls sister the ‘family failure,’ sister refuses to attend family vacation when parents take golden child's side

Lana DeGaetano

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15-year-old ‘favorite child’ brother destroys 22-year-old sister's high school journal, mother reveals she told him where the journal was: ‘I am moving out as fast as I can’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘[Meanwhile] I was struggling’: Preferential parents go bankrupt to fund the Golden Child's frivolous lifestyle, begging the eldest sibling for a loan, which is promptly refused

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Selfish 'golden child' announces pregnancy at sister's wedding despite her wishes, parents take her side: 'I was furious'

JR Atkinson

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‘I won’t pay': Hardworking College Girl Refuses to Pay Her Parents a Monthly Stipend to Subsidize Her Lazy, Unemployed Brother's $2100 Rent, Favoritist Standoff Ensues

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'She's a child': Older brother gets guilt tripped for making his 'Golden Child' younger sister wait 45 minutes at the airport, family drama ensues

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I am not the golden child, I just wasn't a pain in the ***': Delinquent daughter accuses kid sister of being favored, gets put in her place

Emmy Pratt

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'It is not your sister's fault that she is accomplished': Envious sister lashes out at 'golden child' sibling for not being celebrated equally

JR Atkinson

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