Dad Quote by Mark Hunt

I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving.

— Tori Amos

There are two kinds of houses in the neighborhood where I grew up-the ones where the parents stayed married, and the ones where they…

— Jennifer Weiner

I was considered the black sheep of the family, neighbours didn't want their kids playing with me.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

In my own upbringing, my family lacked the ability to provide a stable, nurturing environment.

— Ronnie Musgrove

They did a lot of cleaning in their house, which I considered to be a sign of immoral parenting. The job of parents, as…

— Haven Kimmel

My dad was well known on the streets, shall we say, and he had a different lifestyle, which could spill into the home setting.…

— Troy Deeney

My kids are being raised in a much more affluent environment than was mine. My wife and I talk about that all the time…

— Russell Crowe

My parents were very well-off, but we didn't have a crazy-huge house. We didn't have thousands of workers and staff; it was just my…

— Petra Stunt

My siblings and I were raised like tenants, to be honest. There was a total absence of intimacy in my family, though there was…

— Sufjan Stevens

I think Dad didn't really treat us like children; he treated us more like little adults. We were good kids.

— Willie Robertson

I tried to be like the richer kids as much as I could because I wanted to live on their streets, at least hang…

— Lynda Barry

Families were never what you wanted them to be. We all wanted what we couldn't have: the perfect child, the doting husband, the mother…

— Jodi Picoult