Due to my sometimes erratic behavior, my children tried very hard to avoid me and not do anything to set me off.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
Sometimes kids used to give me a hard time. But they're on my side.
There's a level of protection you need to give to your kids, and then sometimes you need to just let them figure out things on their own.
There were so many occasions when I wasn't around for my kids or my husband. But we learnt to work around it.
I wish I could prevent my kids from making all the mistakes I've made. But I can't do that. No parent can.
Once your kids get older and get out of the house, it's not like it stops. They're on the phone with me every day; I'm intimately involved in their problems.
I've always been told I was extremely well-behaved as a kid.
I think I've been an incredible example to my kids of what not to do.
My kids have got to work themselves around my life, not the other way. That's how kids become brats, if you're there staring at them all the time going, 'Are you alright?'
I have very little patience with children.
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