{"id":823,"date":"2026-08-18T18:11:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=823"},"modified":"2026-08-18T22:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T22:09:19","slug":"the-golden-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=823","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Child"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rogue Entity Encounters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Common Habitat:<\/strong> Families, schools, workplaces, teams, communities, competitive environments, institutions built around achievement<br><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> Praise, exceptional expectations, preferential treatment, identity built around success, pressure to represent the group well<br><strong>Classification:<\/strong> Social \/ Identity \/ Systems Entity<br><strong>Danger Level:<\/strong> Moderate to Severe<br><strong>Primary Effect:<\/strong> One person is assigned responsibility for carrying a system&#8217;s hopes, virtue, success, or reputation<br><strong>Preferred Offering:<\/strong> Achievement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One child gets into a prestigious school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone celebrates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cWe always knew you were special.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They graduate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At every family gathering someone points toward them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThis one never gave us any trouble.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Years later, something goes terribly wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They need help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They sit alone in their car for forty minutes before going inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because the family has many roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And unfortunately\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>the successful one is not allowed to collapse.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meet <strong>The Golden Child.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Field Identification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Golden Child is the inverse cousin of the Scapegoat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where the Scapegoat carries the system&#8217;s failure\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the Golden Child carries its success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The good one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The talented one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The responsible one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The beautiful one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The smart one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The athlete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prodigy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The one who will make the family proud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This can look like privilege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Often it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It can also become a cage lined with applause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Assignment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nobody necessarily gathers everyone together and announces:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You will now represent our hopes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roles form gradually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A child gets good grades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Praise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More good grades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More praise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A sibling struggles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comparison begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cWhy can&#8217;t you be more like your sister?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now the achievement belongs to more than the achiever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has become evidence about the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Golden Child has been crowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Encounter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two brothers grew up in the same house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One was chaotic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trouble at school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bad grades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arguments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other learned quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good grades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reliable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When something went wrong, adults said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cAt least we don&#8217;t have to worry about you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He liked hearing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At twelve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At sixteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At twenty-one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, at twenty-eight, his marriage began falling apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He told nobody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stopped sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work deteriorated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cAt least we don&#8217;t have to worry about you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One evening his brother called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chaotic one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He listened for ten minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cYou know you&#8217;re allowed to be the fucked-up one sometimes, right?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Golden Child laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then cried so hard he could not speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crown had finally become visible because someone gave him permission to put it down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Praise Is Not the Problem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Praise matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Children should hear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Well done.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adults should too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Achievement deserves recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entity appears when praise becomes conditional architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You did something excellent.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Excellence is what makes you valuable here.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is a different spell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Performance Contract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Golden Child often discovers an invisible contract:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We admire you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep winning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep behaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep making us proud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do not embarrass us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do not need too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do not become confusing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do not contradict the story we tell about you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contract may never be spoken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its enforcement appears when performance stops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Family Trophy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A child&#8217;s success can become part of a parent&#8217;s identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My daughter is a doctor.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My son plays Division I.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>She got into Harvard.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>He owns his own company.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pride is natural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But watch the pronouns around achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes the Golden Child becomes a trophy displayed by the system that produced them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their life is no longer entirely theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has become family evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Representative of the Tribe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The role exists beyond families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A community selects someone:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You represent us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The youngest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now ordinary mistakes acquire symbolic weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A private failure becomes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What will people think of us?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is a heavy backpack to put on one traveler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Workplace Golden Child<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every manager loves them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Give it to Sarah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sarah will fix it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sarah never complains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sarah stays late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sarah trains everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sarah knows the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sarah receives praise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And more work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eventually:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reward for competence: additional competence required.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Golden Child can become an organizational beast of burden wearing a medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Success Hides Exploitation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is one reason the entity can be difficult to recognize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Scapegoat looks mistreated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Golden Child may look favored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Better opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More praise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps more resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All real advantages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But advantage and burden can coexist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A golden cage remains materially nicer than an iron one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is still worth noticing the bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Impossible Standard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Success establishes a baseline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A student gets an A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Excellent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why only an A-minus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exceptional becomes ordinary through repetition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday&#8217;s triumph becomes today&#8217;s minimum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is how praise can quietly transform into pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Failure Becomes Identity Threat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your identity is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I am good at math<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">then a difficult equation is annoying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your identity is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I am the smart one<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">then struggling with math becomes existential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who am I if I cannot do this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Golden Child may therefore avoid challenges where failure is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ironically, the identity built around excellence can eventually interfere with learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Perfectionism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The creature frequently travels with perfectionism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If success maintains belonging, reputation, or identity, mistakes become expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prepare more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hide unfinished work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avoid risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do not attempt anything where you might look ordinary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perfectionism may not be about loving excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes it is about fearing what imperfection supposedly proves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Hidden Beginner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Golden Children often struggle with being visibly bad at something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anything requiring awkward early attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They may prefer activities where competence appears quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The beginner threatens the crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But every genuine new skill begins with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I cannot do this yet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crown must sometimes come off for learning to occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sibling Damage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Golden Child role rarely affects only the Golden Child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comparison creates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resentment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cWhy can&#8217;t you be more like him?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now one child&#8217;s success has been weaponized against another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Golden Child may not have requested this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet siblings can reasonably experience them as part of the machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roles divide people who might otherwise have been allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Golden Child and Scapegoat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These two entities frequently occupy the same system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One carries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Everything good about us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Everything wrong with us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This creates a remarkably stable mythology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the Golden Child succeeds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the Scapegoat fails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their failure proves they are the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system wins either way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Roles Can Switch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Golden Child fails publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suddenly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disappointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Betrayal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cAfter everything we did for you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile the former Scapegoat becomes successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roles shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This reveals something important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps the love was not attached entirely to the person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps some of it was attached to the function they served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Rebellion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Golden Children eventually detonate the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quit the prestigious career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leave the institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Change appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Move away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refuse expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do something nobody understands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rebellion may contain genuine 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