When younger siblings get starved of attention as the older one accomplishes more stuff, they feel super left out like they no longer belong. When a baby comes, they get completely overlooked instead of being given the crumbs of affection they are used to. Babies are demanding. I’m 20. My mum had a baby and she’s now 2 in December. When she was first born, I was so jealous and envious of the love my mum gave her cause she never gave to at love to me. My mum is terminal and having the baby was actually what got the doctors to figure out she has cancer. It’s her “miracle baby” but hearing that makes me feel like I wasn’t special at all and that’s why my mum never loved me. It’s a complicated feeling. It’s 100% the parents fault that this happens. Parents should equally distribute their love and affection and attention so no child feels left out. Just like the brother has a brocon cause he has no affection from his dad, the younger sister also feels left out and only has her sister and brother to give her affection. Both of her role models have their own lives now and in her eyes, she no longer belongs. It’s super super common and you won’t really understand it if you have a good connection with your parents. It’s normal to feel upset that your space in this world is no longer there and your connection to your parents/siblings are no longer the strongest ones they have. I’d be concerned if the two kids DIDNT feel like they were jealous and left out.
It happened to my brother when I brought my son home. He was 15 at the time and frequently lashed out at me and the baby. He admitted to my mom later on that it was because he felt like his spot was being usurped.
...jelous of the baby at 17?(⊙…⊙ )