Ben Miller Quotes

Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.

My kids have a great dad. I don't really want them to have a stepfather, and I don't think they do, either.

I don't think anyone has a normal family.

My children range in age from 5 to 31. We adopted the 5-year-old, but people are often impressed with my wife before knowing that.

Meanwhile I married and I adopted three kids who were all from one family and then later I was divorced.

Most people no longer live in nuclear families at all.

I've got two families.

I have two fathers.

Divorce doesn't fit my cookie-cutter image.

My mother never married my father. She was married to and divorced from another man, then she married and divorced my stepfather and then, ultimately, they ended up getting back together.

The idea that there is a family somewhere who functions is an odd concept.

My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.

I was raised by my mom. My dad was always traveling, but she allowed me and encouraged me to be close to my dad. So I grew up with three parents: my mom, my dad and my stepmom. Ninety percent of the time I was with my mom, and 10 percent was with my dad.

The nuclear family doesn't work. It's very destructive; it grew out of selfishness.

Those days of every child having a mummy and daddy who lived at home - Daddy went to work, and Mummy stayed at home and took care of everyone - those days have almost gone, and it's so much more unconventional now.

I have six siblings but grew up an only child. I was adopted by my aunt and uncle.

Growing up, I did not have many friends with parents who were together.

My mom had did a wonderful job of giving me two great dads: I had a biological and non-biological dad.

My parents are not together, but they were both always around.

The concept of 'family' has changed so much. It's not just 'mom and dad' anymore. It's 'mom and mom' and 'dad and dad,' and it's kind of beautiful.

I think that for a child to be in a household... with a situation where the parents are not married, as in being one man and one woman, is not the best household for a child.

Not all families stay together.

Ever wonder why people are so determined to reach for white picket fences, supposed normalcy, a nuclear family? Well, try growing up without one.

My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.

You do need parental guidance and I was in a great position with both my mum and dad. They split when I was a baby but even though I stayed with my mom they were both very much involved in my upbringing.