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My parents allowed their two sons to be individuals. My family was a wild and wonderful place, with lots of friends and neighbors visiting and talking loud and eating loud and nobody telling the children to be quiet or putting them down.

— John Cassavetes

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood! I remember laughing constantly with my parents - my dad is a real character and very funny. I certainly did wish they allowed to me do more things!

— Amy Chua

My family was dubbed the loud family, but that was mostly because of my mother.

— Constance Marie

I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.

— Zachery Ty Bryan

We always had so many kids in our family, running around the yard, sweaty little kids jumping in and out of the pool, the front door and back doors swinging open and shut, all of the parents getting pissed off telling us to stay outside.

— Roman Reigns

My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.

— Dolly Parton

My parents were incredibly inclusive.

— Damian Lewis

My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.

— Dan Hill

✗Opposing Perspectives

My house was very strange. I didn't do things other kids did because my parents were very strict - I stayed at home, quiet in my room.

— Alessia Cara

My parents were always very strict, and they gave me the right beliefs in how to treat people. It was very strict and all about morals - I try to pass that on to my own children.

— David Beckham

Being a Jehovah's Witness, it was really a trip. We had to go from door to door, and we weren't allowed to associate with the other children. It was a lot of rules.

— Sherri Shepherd