I'm sure we've had this topic before, and I'll revisit archives, but...
DS has recently won a lot of stuff, including something where he placed statewide and a couple art contests, one with a large cash prize. DS is NOT especially good at art! However, his art is charismatic and detailed for his age.
Meanwhile, older DD is in middle school (always fun) and while she HAS excelled in a couple things lately, it doesn't really compare to what keeps going on for DS. Also, art has been her thing. She's really very good at it and in a totally different league than DS. But for whatever reason, possibly, of course, completely random, when she enters these same contests, she does not place. This last one really was terribly hard for her. She feels like he is now good at everything she is good at, plus things she is not good at. (This is untrue, but she feels that way.) Also, he has gotten a whole lot of publicity and glory (picture large photos of his face everywhere) and man, it's hard.
Also, and this is probably quite a lot of it, DS has a fairly sunny personality and DD is quite challenging. So, he wins everything PLUS we rarely struggle with him behaviorally.
They have always had pretty bad sib rivalry and this is not helping at all. I feel for her, intensely. I also do not want to make him feel bad or small about his accomplishments. Any advice for those who have BTDT?
