For instance, the family scapegoat often struggles with feelings of inadequacy, constantly comparing themselves to their “perfect” sibling, while the golden child can sometimes follow their ...

Scapegoating refers to the act of blaming a person or group for something bad that has happened or that someone else has done.1 Scapegoating can happen to protect the image of the family or people who ...

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 ...