Narcissism Glossary
caregiving dumped by family role
🧺 A dysfunctional patriarchal structure assigning parental caregiving, household labor, and the bills to one person — by gender or birth order (the eldest son, the eldest daughter, the daughter-in-law).
A structure in which, under the name of family, only one person's sacrifice counts as natural.
A structure in which, under the name of family, only one person's sacrifice counts as natural.
Often seen in situations like these
The siblings bow out; the eldest daughter gets the hospital runs and the caregiving. The daughter-in-law, naturally, gets all the holiday cooking.
When this happens, try this
💡 The whole burden is not yours to carry alone. Divide the costs and the caregiving visibly among the family, and fix clearly the share you can sustain — your mental health depends on it.