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I had a very difficult upbringing.

I was so determined not to pass on to my children what I perceived to be the faults of my upbringing.

I was not developmentally disabled, but didn't mature at the same rate other kids did.

I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they gave me so many choices in my life as an adult. Because of what they did then, I get to do the work I love now.

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.

It is a lonely existence to be a child with a disability which no-one can see or understand, you exasperate your teachers, you disappoint your parents, and worst of all you know that you are not just stupid.

I can get motivated seeing a kid at my son's school overcome a learning disability.

I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.