Quotes About Upbringing

Growing up without a father has made fatherhood harder for me.

I grew up in a town without fathers.

My parents have been my biggest support. Had it not been for them, I would have not been able to be the confident and fearless person that I am today.

My parents are both huge science-fiction and fantasy fans - I was fed it.

I grew up a chubby girl. I had two brothers. My parents loved us, they just fed us whatever we wanted.

I think parents today are looking for meaningful things for their kid. It's about feeding them something with meaning.

I never experienced any feelings of closeness and caring from my parents.

I didn't have a dad around to pick me up when I fell, throw the ball to me outside. I always wonder how it would be if I did have a dad there.

Pop taught me respect for my fellow man and reverence for my God. He taught me the importance of family and religion.

We had a mother who could have been called a feminist. That's just how we were raised. Why do you have to go sulk off in some corner because you are a girl? What's the big deal?

I was brought up a Catholic and I was quite fervent, because I was sent to a convent school.

I grew up in Rayagada in Orissa state in eastern India. Few people have even heard of it.

My father played fiddle and the accordion.

It's funny 'cos I think a lot about kids who grow up with their parents being really important members of their fields, and they just go the opposite way.

As a child I'd sit at dinner parties with artists, authors and musicians, some of the best people in their fields. I couldn't avoid the path I took having grown up in such an artistic environment.

I enjoy winning. I just think it's just how I was brought up from a fighters' family.

I didn't have a father figure in the house.

If we get you in the early years of your life and we fill your head with all of the Catholic stories, then it's very hard for you to stop being Catholic. Catholics are Catholics because they like being Catholic.

My parents are in the business - they're actors - so I kind of grew up on a film set, which was a funny place to grow up.

I was brought up on American films.

When I grew up where I grew up, things were very, very different, and nobody had a filter. And that's what brought us together.

I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.

I always told my girls growing up that I would not baby them through life, and no matter how blessed they are financially, they have to get an education!

We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they're finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work.