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"the mess that is my sister."
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The “forgotten” children tend to be under the impression that golden child behavior is normal because that's all they've ever known. Once they step away from the situation, they soon realize that their golden child sibling has gotten everything they've ever asked for and then some, with little parental reluctance.
You don't want to believe that your sibling is going out of their way to make your life more challenging, but when they don't allow you anything of your own because it is “unfair” of you, that's when you need to put your foot down. The parents might not have ingrained this behavior in the sister featured in this story, but they sure aren't helping.
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Entitled younger sister forces parents to get her everything her older sister has, going so far as requesting she attend her sister's dates because it's ‘fair’: ‘She was being a spoiled brat’
Parents tend to nurture golden child syndrome until it becomes an irreversible mindset in the child who has it. Whether the parents let this happen because they truly believe their child can do no wrong, or because they're simply too lazy or nervous to try and remedy the golden child mindset, the syndrome affects everyone in the family. Most importantly, their other child or children are then considered the forgotten ones.
Golden child syndrome may present itself in numerous ways. Little Jimmy might want a bite of their sibling's ice cream even though he already finished his own, and will make sure to throw a tantrum until they get that bite of Rocky Road. Teen sister Sara might lock herself in her room until her older sister lets her borrow that shirt with the pink sequins on it (because it's the only one that matches her shoes). You see what we're getting at here. The golden child doesn't take no for an answer, and rather asks for more than their siblings because they can't stand the idea of someone having more things than them. It's not a yearning for things; it's an insistence that they have the last word in everything.
The golden child sister in this story won't even let her older sister go on dates with her boyfriend because she deems it unfair. Pardon me? Scroll below to read the full story.
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