golden child

A girl or man who is popular, admired, and successful. The term sometimes implies that the individual's faults are overlooked by others. Ms. Khatri has been the golden girl of the industry ever since her meteoric rise to fame in the late 2000s. Tom was always the golden child of our family. It just seemed like he could do no wrong in our parents' eyes. Please, my sister is the golden child. She does everything right, and I do everything wrong.