Why Your Big Sister Resents You
Catherine Pearson is a younger daughter who still leans on her older sister for guidance all the time.
April 15, 2024 - NEW YORK TIMES
“Eldest daughter syndrome” assumes that birth order shapes who we are and how we interact. Does it? In a TikTok video 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 “eldest daughter syndrome.”
Among them: an intense feeling of familial responsibility, people-pleasing tendencies and resentment toward…
