English Explanatory Dictionary

glass child

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A child who feels "invisible" to their parents due to having a sibling with a serious health condition or disability who occupies a disproportionate amount of their parents' attention.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see glass, child. (a child made of glass)

Word forms

glass child glass children

Etymology

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