I had no idea what my children meant when I heard them saying that their friend suffered from FOMO.  They explained the definition of the acronym as “Fear of Missing Out.”  This anxiety about missing out on something popped into my head after I listened to a mother of six-year-old twins equivocate about her decision to send only one of her daughters to a ballet class. The daughter who had expressed an interest in taking ballet told her mom that […]

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