As the youngest daughter, you may get labelled as the baby of your family even long after becoming a grown adult.
“A youngest daughter may be simultaneously protected as the baby, expected to be emotionally accommodating as a daughter and discouraged from separating too far from the family,” said Linda Yoon, a therapist and founder of Yellow Chair Collective, which specialises in multicultural therapy.
And this infantilising label can have consequences. While eldest daughters often get saddled with adult responsibilities too early, youngest daughters can also deal with fam...


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