Michelle Horton

Michelle Horton is the founder of EarlyMama.com—an award-winning site that proves young motherhood doesn't have to define or limit us. In addition to mom.me, she's a regular contributor to Babble.com and Disney Baby, and has a weekly column on Parenting.com about life as a modern 20-something mom. When not writing, she's typically pretending to be a superhero in her 4-year-old son's imaginative play.

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What was your favorite toy as a child?

Little play figurines, or "little people" as I called them. I had buckets full of them, which I've now passed onto my son. Because apparently the obsession is genetic.