My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldn't do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My parents made me believe I could do anything I wanted to do. They were really into empowering me.
I was really blessed with parents who never said I couldn't do anything. And now I reflect as an adult on that, 'Wow, they never told me no!'
My parents have sailed around the world; they know what can happen and that it's not always fun, but because I want to do it so much, they agreed and supported me.
My parents, who were split up, were so good at keeping my environment strong and keeping everything around me not focused on the fact that we were poor. They got me culture. They took me to museums. They showed art to me. They read to me. And my mother drove two hours a day to take me to University Elementary School.
My parents leaving a third world country to a first world country and building from nothing - that's really inspiring to me and it's influenced me in a positive way.
My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be.
My parents split up, and a lot of things going on in the outside world made me want to immerse myself in an alternative world.
My parents gave me stability and a belief in myself and in all the possibilities life has to offer. I was told the only limitations I would ever face were those I placed upon myself.
My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind.
My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.