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a selfie of Alana Sheeren and her daughter
The author, left, is frustrated because her daughter, right, doesn't want to do her college applications.
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Couple enjoying city view
Living in Toronto is like living in a smaller, cleaner version of NYC.
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Dana DuBois and her best friend with their daughters
The author and her best friend gave their daughters the same name.
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Close up of mother holding and cuddling her baby
The author (not pictured) returned to auditioning for acting jobs when her baby was six weeks old.
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a professor sitting in a college classroom with students at desks
The author, not pictured, is a professor but won't require her son to go to college.
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Happy family at home with mother carrying daughter piggyback
The author (not pictured) says that living in an apartment has kept the family's possessions minimalistic.
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Nancy Brier cleaning out a storage unit
The author owns a storage unit business to pay for her daughter's college tuition.
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Woman backpacking in Europe
The author (not pictured) says she'd let her daughter go backpacking solo again in a heart beat.
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Three young women standing in a rural valley in northern England.
The author, left, pictured with her school friend, Geraldine, center, and another friend in their native England when they were in their mid-20s.