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I was the one in charge of the kids growing up.

I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local town library on their way to work, and I'd go and work my way through the children's area.

As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge.

My dad worked for child protection.

I was an elementary school teacher.

I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my little sister to ballet, picking up my brother, sort of being a super-nanny.

My father was a truck driver. That's where it all started, and academically I was a disaster at school. My cousin got his name on the honour board; I, at Melbourne High School, I carved mine on the desk.

My grandmother was a teacher, my sister was a teacher, my daughter was a teacher and is now a superintendent in northern California, and my son-in-law is a high school principal. I am surrounded.

I had two children. I had a nanny to manage my kids.

My father was also a principal of a school and mother was a curriculum advisor. Both were educators.