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I think in terms of the parents that I had, I sort of drew a bad hand, or bad karma; who knows? And I did have a family that was complicated, with some quite eccentric members. So there was a lot of grist there.

— Kathryn Harrison

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

There was a lot of brokenness in my family. Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.

— Jan Karon

I saw my parents come over. They were immigrants, they had no money. My dad wore the same pair of shoes, I had some ugly clothes growing up, and I never had any privileges. In some ways, I think the person that I am now, I think it's good that I had that kind of tough upbringing.

— Amy Chua

I had a very turbulent and painful childhood, like many people. I left for college when I was 16 years old and up until that point I'd lived in five different family configurations. Each one ended or changed through a death or some terrible loss.

— Sharon Salzberg

I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me feel different. Having a bit of a rougher existence early on, it made me appreciate the work ethic that my grandparents instilled in me.

— George Lopez

What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way.

— David Brooks

I was lucky to have parents and people who believed in me.

— Megan Shull

I was an only child. I hung out with my parents.

— Dhani Harrison

✗Opposing Perspectives

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

— Zachery Ty Bryan

I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.

— Bill Griffith

I meet people from really grand backgrounds who had horrible parents who took no interest in them, whereas I'm a working-class boy from Deptford who was worshipped by all my rellies. Everybody in my extended family helped to raise me, and I realise now how lucky I was to grow up among kind folk.

— Jools Holland