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Do you have a bad case of the "I-grew-up-in-a-dysfunctional-family" blues? Have you spent half your adult life wondering why nothing's any fun any more? Are you still waiting for that Easy Bake Oven® or Matchbox® car you didn't get for Christmas when you were eight?

Well, get over it.

Life's too short to waste on misery, and if you need to have a happy childhood, then have one. It's your right. Hell, it's your obligation. Buy some crayons and color. Blow bubbles with wild abandon. Fly a kite, for heaven's sake.

Look at the world through the eyes you've had since you were little and do everything you can to make it better than it is today.

Need some inspiration? Try the folks you can always rely on at Crayola .

"Grow older and wiser, but never grow up." — Marion DeNinno