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8 challenges only the eldest daughter faces in a family

Oldest children are the best kind of children. Here are eight brutal truths about loving a first-born, as written by one.

I think to be the eldest sibling is to take on this burden that is complicated, confusing and overwhelming, a burden that we would volunteer to endure again if it was somehow our choice. I would choose to be the one to care and love my brother in any universe.

DR. WALLACE: I need a car to get to my part-time job. I just graduated high school and I’ll start some classes at a local junior college this fall. In

>> rahm emanuel, former white house chief of staff, current mayor of chicago, giving his brother ezequiel a hard time. clearly wasnt all sweetness and light growing up in the competitive household. ezequiel wrote "brothers emanuel, memoir of an american household." he joins me now. zeke, that was your brother rahm making it pretty clear he didnt think you were the most talented member of the family, as the older, the eldest sibling, what was your reaction to that treachery? >> youve heard of sib...

Mayor of chicago, giving his brother ezequiel a hard time. clearly wasnt all sweetness and light growing up in the competitive household. ezequiel wrote "brothers emanuel, memoir of an american household." he joins me now. zeke, that was your brother rahm making it pretty clear he didnt think you were the most talented member of the family, as the older, the eldest sibling, what was your reaction to that treachery? >> youve heard of sibling rivalry. were all talented in our own individual ways. ...

One of your brothers is a huge hollywood talent superstar and your third brother, probably the most talented of them all, is a brilliant physician. >> rahm emanuel, former white house chief of staff, current mayor of chicago, giving his brother ezequiel a hard time. clearly wasnt all sweetness and light growing up in the competitive household. ezequiel wrote "brothers emanuel, memoir of an american household." he joins me now. zeke, that was your brother rahm making it pretty clear he didnt thin...