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’

How does one know if they’re the family favorite? After all, if you are the golden goose, you probably have always been the favorite of the bunch. So, you wouldn’t really know any other way of life other than all of the special treatment you received growing up. Your siblings, if they haven’t brought it …
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‘Suddenly I owned 50% of my parent’s apartment’: 24-year-old inherits property after his estranged bio father passes, claiming what’s his after a lifetime of being sidelined by his mother’s favoritism for his half-brother

Growing up as a non-Golden Child can be rough. 

Mother accused of favoritism after she buys 17-year-old daughter an apartment but refuses to do the same for stepson: ‘My girl will just always come first’

Do you think parents should treat their biological children and step-children the same way? Do you believe it’s fair to expect they’d provide them with the same amount of love, no matter the history? If you ask me, these questions cannot be answered with a simple yes or no. When two people start a relationship …
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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

Parenting is about providing the next generation with the tools they need to excel in life, and then those same children can pass on their knowledge to their children and so on. When a parent gives preferential treatment to one child over another, they’re starting a cycle of favoritism that will result in cataclysmic mental …
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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’

Favoritism, unfortunately, is not uncommon within family dynamics. If you’ve never heard of the «golden child» effect, this story will inform you on all you need to know. A golden child can do no wrong in the eyes of their parents, even if said «golden» child does not behave, refuses to do anything for others, …
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Parents demand daughter pay for her ticket to family vacation, despite them paying for her sibling, daughter pretends to comply, then doesn’t show up on the day: ‘Have a nice trip’

Every kid with siblings knows that their parents have a favorite child, and most of the time, they also know who the favorite child is. As a middle child myself, I can tell you for a fact that I am not my parent’s favorite kid, and I probably never stood a chance. Despite being the …
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22 Oldest Child Memes for the Accomplished and Responsible Siblings of the Family

We’ve heard enough about the middle children and even more about the youngest children. Though any position in a sibling hierarchy has its pros and cons, I find that eldest siblings don’t get enough love, and I think they would agree. I mean, it’s difficult being the first child of a bunch and watching your …
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Man Demands Estranged Daughter Cook for Step-Siblings, Leading to Heated Father-Daughter Showdown as She Refuses and Labels Them ‘Not Family’

Familial bias is not an uncommon occurrence. So what would you do if your own child declared his or her preference for one sibling over the other? The story below is an account of a frustrated daughter. The original poster (OP) is the daughter of divorced parents. Following the separation, the courts mandated that she spend …
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35 Iconic TV and Movie Homes We All Wished We Lived In

Have you ever daydreamed about ditching reality for a taste of fictional fantasy? I know I have – I mean, who hasn’t fantasized about living in the homes of their favorite TV and movie characters? If you’re nodding along, well, you’re in good company, my friend. It all started when u/Late_Development2146 took to the internet …
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People Reveal Their All-Time Favorite 4chan Posts

Of all the famous places that individuals congregate to talk on the internet, 4chan has to be the one with the most notorious reputation. Over the years, it has produced some truly unpleasant things that give even the crevices of somewhere like Twitter a run for their money.  At the same time, it’s also encouraged …
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