Meaning of glass child | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A child who feels "invisible" to their parents due to having a sibling with a serious health condition or disability who occupies a disproportionate amount of their parents' attention.
   neologism
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see glass, child. (a child made of glass)

Examples

“On the other hand, TikTok users are sharing their guilt after learning their siblings were the glass child because of them.”

“Missud said the pressure that glass children put⟳ on themselves to "keep⟳ the peace, be overly self-sufficient and remain⟳ the unproblematic 'golden child'" can be extremely challenging to unlearn.”

“There is a story in Roxane Gay's second collection of short fiction, Difficult Women, in which a big, strong man who works in a quarry goes for a walk⟳ on the beach and, seeing an extra glint in the sand, discovers a woman made of glass. He falls in love⟳, marries her, they have⟳ a glass child.”

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