My mother has always kept the entire family together - my dad, due to his business, has always been travelling, and hence, she at times had to play the role of a father and a mother as well.
Fatherhood, both times for me, was a choice.
My father had to play the role of mother and father.
Every child needs both parents.
I grew up with my stepfather in Brighton, but I did spend a lot of time with my natural father, and I was loved by both, so I suppose the advantage of this was that I wasn't bound by one set of experiences; I always had an alternative.
I had the best of both worlds when I was a kid. I'd spend a quiet week with my mum, then I'd go to my dad's property in the Adelaide Hills, where there were all these kids and animals running around.
I'm as much my mom as my dad.
I was raised with Eddie Fisher as a father and Connie Stevens as a mother.
My mom had did a wonderful job of giving me two great dads: I had a biological and non-biological dad.
I have a partner who can be there alongside me, who's taking up a huge part of that joint responsibility, because he's a parent, too - he's not a babysitter.
For me, just being how old I am, I know I don't want to be a single mom. I really would rather make it a two-person job. But I've also come to terms with not being a mother at all. I'm actually really good with either direction that my life can take as being a valid experience.
I have two fathers.
I felt like I had two fathers. I had my real father and the father in my head.
