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As she approaches her 30th birthday, Ireland Baldwin is reflecting on the "lonely childhood" that has shaped her into the woman she is today.

On Monday, the daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger — who penned a Substack blog titled, "30, Flirty, and Surviving" — opened up about painful moments in her past and explained how she's managed to inch away from "narcissistic" family members.

In the post, Ireland described her upbringing as a "lonely childhood," noting that she "grew up without two parents in my home and no siblings to turn to," per Us Weekly .

"I move into 30 with a lot less weight on my shoulders," she wrote. "This weight that was brought on by the need to continue to carry my narcissistic, unreliable, a

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