‘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

Growing up with siblings has the potential to make an individual's childhood enjoyable, accompanied, or dreadful. Of course, there's a gray in-between area of two opposite sides along this spectrum, but we love extremes here at Cheezburger.

You're likely well-acquainted with the concept of the 'golden child'—this child is their parents' prized possession and often steals the spotlight (or any attention, really) from their other sibling(s). Sometimes the golden child is unaware that they are the cherry on top of the familial cake, but others know exactly their place on their parents' child hierarchy and aren't afraid to act out because they know they can without repercussion.

The bronze child in this story refuses to attend a family vacation after her golden child sister labels her the "family failure" at the family dinner. In true golden child fashion, their parents are excusing this ill-mannered behavior and are upset with the bronze child's decision to skip out on family vacation… The golden child might only be gilded!

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No child should be pitted against one of their siblings. Everyone excels, learns, and grows at different times… deciding a child is better than another is objectively bad parenting. It's not like the woman who posted this story made life exceptionally difficult for her family, she only looked “bad” relative to her sister (and even then, this way of parental thinking is slightly abhorrent.) Straight-A's mean nothing if you lack good character, which you'll soon bear witness to.
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