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I think I've actually had a pretty standard upbringing. My parents are really normal, so I've always had them around to keep me grounded.

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

I'm very grounded - that's how I would put it. If you met my mother, you'd probably say the same thing about her. I had a very sane upbringing, though some very insane things happened.

My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing.

We learn much of parenting from our own parents. My love for my father deepened profoundly when he was kind, patient, and understanding.

I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.

Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship.

Now I see other kids and their parents, and I compare them to my dad. Our dad was a really normal father when he was with us. We would get grounded if we did something bad. He would ground us. He wouldn't call it grounding; he'd just say, 'You're on punishment.' Sometimes we'd be on punishment a lot.

Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests.

My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family.