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Exclusive | NYC’s ‘eldest daughters’ formed a firstborn support club to cope with burnout and exhaustion: ‘Big sisters deserve recognition’

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Exclusive | NYC’s ‘eldest daughters’ formed a firstborn support club to cope with burnout and exhaustion: ‘Big sisters deserve recognition’

Across NYC, eldest daughters are meeting up to unpack the pressure they say never really went away. The “eldest daughter” is not just the one born first.  She’s the one diffusing group chat meltdowns, remembering every family member’s birthday, and absorbing everyone else’s emotions like it’s a full-time job. The only difference? Now she’s doing … Read more

Desi Arnaz went behind Lucille Ball’s back and changed their firstborn child’s name

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Desi Arnaz went behind Lucille Ball’s back and changed their firstborn child’s name

Devious Desi. A new book about the late Desi Arnaz revealed that the actor allegedly went behind wife Lucille Ball’s back and changed their firstborn child’s name in 1951. In “Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television,” biographer Todd S. Purdum wrote that Ball picked out the names Susan and Desi Jr. for the couple’s … Read more

‘Eldest daughter syndrome’ isn’t just a trend — it really changes first-born girls with this type of mom: study

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‘Eldest daughter syndrome’ isn’t just a trend — it really changes first-born girls with this type of mom: study

They’re merely chips off the old block.  Eldest daughters with one or more younger siblings tend to bear the brunt of the household, babysitting and parental care responsibilities — whether they like it or not.  In fact, fed-up first-born girls have long commiserated over the thrones of being second-in-command to mom using the buzzy term “eldest daughter … Read more

We couldn’t decide the gender of our firstborn — so we let our dog do it

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We couldn’t decide the gender of our firstborn — so we let our dog do it

This proud pooch sniffed out the best bet for this pair of expectant parents. A Texas couple went viral after they let their dog choose the gender of their firstborn child during their in vitro fertilization (IVF) journey. In a Tiktok video posted late last month, San Antonio-based couple Serena and Jacob Cukjati revealed that they have … Read more