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At 9 years old, I moved in with my father because my mother could no longer care for me. Looking back, I now see so many similarities between my own childhood and that of my sons. My father stepped in when I needed him, and that gave me the chance for a better life. That's what I'm doing for my boys now.

— Dwyane Wade

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Mum and Dad split up when I was nine. We upped and moved from London to Sussex, and suddenly I went from an urban life to nothing in the countryside - with a new father and new life.

— Sam Taylor-Johnson

When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.

— Becky G

I was well brought up, my parents are still together. I lived in a council estate, but I don't anymore; I saw my parents buy a nice house and move me to a nice area.

— Tinie Tempah

I grew up in a broken home. My dad was out of the home when I was five years old. I never knew him very well.

— Thomas Kinkade

My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.

— Flea

My childhood was bittersweet in many ways. We moved around a lot. By the time I was 10, I had travelled thousands of miles, often on my own. My parents were like my friends, so it felt like I didn't really have parents at all. But in a crazy way that was very liberating. It forced me to be independent, maybe a leader, and certainly a survivor.

— Nile Rodgers

My parents split up when I was 3 years old, and I lived with my mother.

— Garcelle Beauvais

✗Opposing Perspectives

My parents were divorced when I was three, and both my father and mother moved back into the homes of their parents. I spent the school year with my mother, and the summers with my dad.

— Patricia Polacco

After my father died when I was seven and my mother entered into an abusive relationship, I shuffled between houses - staying with friends, families from church, and relying on the kindness of teachers and people throughout my community to help me grow up essentially without parents.

— Ronnie Musgrove

My parents divorced when I was 10, but when my father was there, he was trying to create almost like a little prison for me.

— Sarah Shahi