I'm the youngest of two, with an older brother by only a few months. Despite that, I was ordered to do a lot more household chores than him. Sometimes I was yelled at for not finishing a chore quickly enough so I could start on the next one, while my brother sat in the kitchen watching soccer. It doesn't surprise me eldest daughters are treated even worse and are expected to become a second mom. (To be fair, my brother was expected to relent in some things, and look out for me, being older and all. However, most chores he simply was never ordered to do.)

I was also a picky eater and my mother wouldn't have made a second meal to eat, usually. If there was a second option just for me I was expected to eat it without complaining. Most of the time, though, the problem were sensory issues that I didn't know how to explain, and my mom turning each meal into a power struggle and a personal offense.