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It really was hand-to-mouth and you can say, 'Poor little me, how dreadful, what a deprived childhood', but I didn't feel that way at all. It's all about the attitude at home.

— Carol Vorderman

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My childhood, I would say, was a bit sad.

— Columba Bush

The poor child was the drudge of the household, and was always in the wrong. He was, however, the most bright and discreet of all the brothers; and if he spoke little, he heard and thought the more.

— Charles Perrault

My childhood, I would say, was a bit sad. Society resents that.

— Columba Bush

I was miserable as a kid.

— Maurice Sendak

As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.

— Jay-Z

What can I say? I deal with it. I think I have come to terms with my absolutely hateful and vile childhood. No, I have, really. But I did hate it at the time. I resented it. There were elements of it that were positively Dickensian.

— Richard Griffiths

I have nothing to say about my childhood. It was a perfectly pleasant upbringing - it's not like it was unhappy or anything.

— Graham Norton

✗Opposing Perspectives

I hated to be treated as a child. I thought it was the worst situation.

— Karl Lagerfeld

It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.

— Kingsley Amis

I had a very rough and tumultuous childhood.

— Corey Feldman