The emotional cost of being the ‘strong’ one in your family
Bona Magazine | 26.03.2026 15:07
The one who keeps calm in a crisis. The one who sorts out the admin, sends the money, makes the call, smooths over the argument, remembers the birthday, checks on the auntie, and somehow still shows up smiling. In some homes, that person is the eldest daughter. In others, it is the son who became “man of the house” too early. Sometimes it is simply the family member who seemed the most capable, so more and more weight kept landing on their shoulders.
