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FOMO can lead to sleep issues and stress. Here's how to curtail your fear of missing out.

My fourth-grader came home from school crying recently after discovering that she hadn't been invited to a birthday party. I wanted to join in her pity party.

I, too, had just seen pictures of a gathering on social media. I was asleep by 9 that night, unaware of all the fun things that were happening.

I always assumed that FOMO (the fear of missing out) was a feeling reserved for kids and teens: for the birthday party invite you didn't receive; for the spring break

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