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Kids Ain't Cheap
Kids Ain't Cheap
Brandon Marcus

The ‘Silent Sibling’ Syndrome: Why Your Well-Behaved Child Is Actually the One at Highest Risk for Burnout

The 'Silent Sibling' Syndrome: Why Your Well-Behaved Child Is Actually the One at Highest Risk for Burnout

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An unprecedented, quiet rollout of 2026 school policy adjustments in Fayetteville and Volusia County has revealed a hidden reality many parents refuse to acknowledge: your “good kid” — the compliant, high‑achieving sibling — is now the child most at risk for catastrophic burnout.

Legal loopholes in behavior assessment frameworks have made this a local‑to‑national threat for every family trying to keep peace at home while schools ratchet up productivity expectations.

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