"When I was 10, my mom told me something that will stick with me for the rest of my life: 'I can't help you, and your dad can ...

Does your eldest daughter often complain about being tired of taking responsibility for their younger siblings or taking care of other household matters? Then, she is most likely experiencing eldest ...

There he is, between two worlds. Too young to have been the pioneer, too old to be the darling. The middle child, often precariously poised between the studious eldest and the "spunky" youngest, doesn ...

Psychologist Alfred Adler came up with the concept of the "family constellation" to describe the way family members relate to each other. Adler believed that family dynamics had a big impact on ...

A new study explored how birth order, gender, and personality traits influence parental favoritism. It found that parents tend to prefer their oldest kids and also daughters. Parents may show ...

Who plans the agenda for vacations in your family? Who's the first to step up to care for mom and dad or grandma and grandpa? Who's the one organizing family holidays? Chances are if you have an older ...

From as far back as I can remember, my parents instilled in me the art of being polite. As the eldest daughter of the family, I knew from an early age how to paste on a smile when visiting family or ...

"Eldest daughters," the oldest female siblings in families, have been collectively realizing that they have a lot in common. That's probably why Aug. 26 has been declared "Eldest Daughter Day" by the ...

Across American households, millions of women navigate adult relationships while carrying invisible emotional baggage accumulated during childhood. These eldest daughters, thrust into premature ...

Eldest daughters are like the second 'mums' in the family. It's Eldest Daughter's Day. Life gets so busy and activities move fast; it can be overwhelming without the occasional reflection to pause and ...

I'm a very different parent to my youngest, who is 13, than I was to my eldest at that age. Some of that change is due to technology, but I also understand child development better now. I monitor all ...

In the most universally disliked track on her new album The Life Of A Showgirl, Taylor Swift attempts to explain the burden of being the oldest daughter in your family: “Every eldest daughter was the ...