One of the more challenging childhood knots to untangle is that of the golden child, says Marianna Strongin, PsyD, a licensed clinical psychologist based in New York City. This is the child who seems ...

If you were the child who could do no wrong in your parents’ eyes, who brought home the trophies and the straight As while your siblings fell short, you might assume you got the better deal. You ...

We hear about them everywhere—they often make the perfect movie villain and fuel countless scathing Reddit threads. The “golden child” is often the contrasting figure to the family’s black sheep. They ...