In my own upbringing, my family lacked the ability to provide a stable, nurturing environment.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I grew up in a dysfunctional family.
I had a very difficult upbringing.
I was so determined not to pass on to my children what I perceived to be the faults of my upbringing.
There was a lot of brokenness in my family. Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.
That attitude that I wouldn't succeed didn't come from my family; it came from school and then the township we lived in. I wasn't going to settle for that, and my mother warned us not to settle for less, to make the most of our lives.
I had a good upbringing, we didn't have any money, but there was a lot of love in my family.
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.
As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.
My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt any sense of deprivation or anything like that.
I grew up in a very large, poor family.