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I was fortunate to be raised by loving grandparents.

I enjoyed my grandparents very much. My mother and father would always allow me to stay with them.

I had two children. I had a nanny to manage my kids.

I knew I was blessed with a gift of having both parents.

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.

That whole business of having two homes, and that divided loyalty bind that kids get into. I mean, my parents were divorced - though I was adult - but I still grappled with being responsible to both of them.

I have two grandchildren.

That's the privilege of being a grandparent - they can indulge the children while parents have to be the bad guy. Grandparents can also be subversive and naughty with them.

I think about my father and how sad it was that he never had grandchildren.

One of the things I would have loved to have had was a family that worked better together, although I love my mother and father to bits.