#parentification
5 SOULs share this tag.
Child Language Broker
How a kid translating doctors, landlords, and the IRS for immigrant parents decides what to render exactly versus soften, holding adult stakes in a child's mouth
Eldest Sibling
Drafted into deputy-parent duty before consent, this mind runs a permanent scan for who is not okay and must learn, late, which adults it was never actually responsible for
Only Child
The mind of the family's single node — fluent in solitude and adult talk, sole carrier of concentrated hope and, eventually, of aging parents with no sibling to split the load
Sibling of a Special-Needs Child
Holds love and obligation toward a sibling who needs more while refusing to vanish as the easy one, auditing chosen help against silent conscription
Young Carer
A mind that learned to run a household before adolescence — keeping the genuine competence the role built while learning that being needed and being loved are not the same thing