I find your narcissistic parent - golden child - invisible child - black sheep framework very interesting. It certainly applies to the family I grew up in, though I have always thought it's not totally clear if I'm a middle child or an oldest child because my older brother was 8-1/2 years older and my younger brother was just 1-1/2. My older brother moved out when I started 4th grade. For critical early childhood stuff I was probably more like a middle child. I could blab all my business here, but I could write a 10,000-word essay on my mother as the narcissistic parent and my father as physically present but not really there. Anyway, just writing this comment to let you know I personally enjoyed this piece and it made me think about how this framework applies to my family - even though you are relating your framework to workplaces as the main beef of the story.
I find your narcissistic parent - golden child - invisible child - black sheep framework very interesting. It certainly applies to the family I grew up in, though I have always thought it's not totally clear if I'm a middle child or an oldest child because my older brother was 8-1/2 years older and my younger brother was just 1-1/2. My older brother moved out when I started 4th grade. For critical early childhood stuff I was probably more like a middle child. I could blab all my business here, but I could write a 10,000-word essay on my mother as the narcissistic parent and my father as physically present but not really there. Anyway, just writing this comment to let you know I personally enjoyed this piece and it made me think about how this framework applies to my family - even though you are relating your framework to workplaces as the main beef of the story.