Being Firstborns
World Mental Health Day 2023 Special: Being a firstborn (and Asian) is no joke! You're the unpaid intern, the guinea pig of the family, the role model to younger siblings, the babysitter, and maybe the "retirement plan" for the parents. It is not a "job" you could just quit. And you carry the weight of high expectations, responsibilities, and the perception that "you've got it all figured out" for your entire life.
Fellow firstborns, we are dedicating this episode to you: What it's like being the eldest child, your feelings, and how you can set boundaries and take care of yourself in this heart-to-heart chat between two very tired firstborns who are finding ways to break the "curse" of being the eldest in the family.
Our guest Mara Muñoz from Manila - a model firstborn - talks about fighting her sister with real knives. Isabel talks about how she is a "firstborn who gave up".