{"id":4171,"date":"2024-04-15T14:30:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T14:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2024-04-15T15:32:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T15:32:19","slug":"eldest-daughter-syndrome-and-sibling-birth-order-does-it-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=4171","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Eldest Daughter Syndrome\u2019 and Sibling Birth Order: Does it Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cEldest daughter syndrome\u201d assumes that birth order shapes who we are and how we interact. Does it?<\/p>\n

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In a TikTok video<\/a> that has been watched more than 6 million times, Kati Morton, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Santa Monica, Calif., lists signs that she says can be indicative of \u201celdest daughter syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among them: an intense feeling of familial responsibility, people-pleasing tendencies and resentment toward your siblings and parents.<\/p>\n

On X, a viral post asks<\/a>: \u201care u happy or are u the oldest sibling and also a girl\u201d?<\/p>\n

Firstborn daughters are having a moment in the spotlight<\/a>, at least online, with memes and think pieces offering a sense of gratification to responsible, put-upon big sisters everywhere. But even mental health professionals like Ms. Morton \u2014 herself the youngest in her family \u2014 caution against putting too much stock in the psychology of sibling birth order, and the idea that it shapes personality or long term outcomes.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople will say, \u2018It means everything!\u2019 Other people will say, \u2018There\u2019s no proof,\u2019\u201d she said, noting that eldest daughter syndrome (which isn\u2019t an actual mental health diagnosis) may have as much to do with gender norms as it does with birth order. \u201cEverybody\u2019s seeking to understand themselves, and to feel understood. And this is just another page in that book.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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