My severe allergies dominated my childhood, but immunization shots gave me a new life. Now, I'm a proud cat owner.

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The author had severe allergies as a kid.

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4 signs you might be the family scapegoat — and how it ties into all your relationships

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Family scapegoats can struggle with trust.

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I got my kids, all 7 and under, a landline. They invited friends over on a snow day without my help, and I was thrilled.

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The author's kids invited a bunch of friends over during a snow day.

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I grew up without an iPhone. I wish people weren't so attached to theirs.

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The Gen X author, on vacation as a child, was photographed with an analog camera — not an iPhone.

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I was adopted into a white, middle-class family and never felt like I belonged. It impacted how I show up at work.

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The Less Sugar We Get as Babies, the Better Our Health Is Decades Later

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I struggle to gentle parent my toddler. My traumatic childhood makes it difficult to stay calm during her temper tantrums.

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The author, not pictured, struggles to gentle parent her toddler.

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18 celebrities who came from nothing

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Leonardo DiCaprio.
Leonardo DiCaprio.

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My son's alternative school doesn't have grades, tests, or homework. Kids decide what they're interested in learning.

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Adrienne Bergthold sent her son, Jasper, to a school called the Arts and Ideas Sudbury School.

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Fans of now-discontinued Fruit Stripe gum are joking online that the treat was the best few seconds of their lives

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Stock image of striped gum similar to Fruit Stripe.

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