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 ...

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 ...

The concept of the "golden child" often emerges in families where one child is consistently favored or idealized by a parent ...