Brian Lair on WNYC and for the end of the show today we'll turn to one another of those

viral trends that we talk about sometimes that are cropping up everywhere it seems from

in this case threads on X, formerly Twitter, to TikTok Reels, to lengthy conversations

on Reddit. Have you seen this one? It's called the eldest daughter effect and it's about

how oldest daughters so often shoulder the burden for their parents and siblings. They

feel responsible for everyone's well-being and stay on top of household tasks for example.

Here's one funny example of an eldest daughter on her mom's birthday speaking with her

brother. What the? Good morning, sibling. Are you wearing a head blam? You know what, Tatus?

When's it? It's mom's birthday. It's 5 a.m. Exactly. We're already late. What do you need for me? Nothing. I did it all already. Then why did you wake me up?

Well, I just needed you to know that I did everything already. Yeah, so now we'll open up the

phones for eldest daughters to call in and share with being the oldest sibling especially the oldest

girl sibling means to you two one two four three three WNYC two one two four three three nine six nine

two. What is being the eldest daughter mean in your life? What roles do you play in your family that

feel like an eldest daughter effect two one two four three three WNYC two one two four three nine six nine

eldest daughters we've never done this as a group before. The call in is for you. Now a lot of the

content online is pretty funny but some also addresses how this dynamic influences you know all the

other aspects in an eldest daughter's life from their friendships to romantic relationships to even

work relationships and career choices. Here's one eldest daughter on TikTok already making an

assumption about what type of career other eldest daughters have gone into. If you're an oldest

daughter what helping profession did you go into and why? That's so that's just six seconds but

you hear the the implications there it's not even an implication it's a statement if you're an

oldest daughter which helping profession did you go into and why so does that sound like you two one

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