A supportive and disciplined community environment during childhood helped build a strong foundation for future success.

“that respect was upheld and it was that that integrity was defended and that was a real solid foundation that all of the other flaw was built on which eventually evolved into becoming a skyscraper for me”

Tim Dillon describes his parents as deeply selfish people who lacked any genuine interest in his upbringing or future.

“they were such deeply selfish people that had no designs on me becoming a productive human being at all they were incredibly selfish you know”

Bud Crawford believes that the lack of his father's presence and his mother's strict discipline contributed to his early feelings of anger.

“I don't know it was just something in me and my reply was maybe my father missing in my life and him being in a whole another state and not there with us and maybe that was the reason why I was so angry at everything and my mom she was always against me and everything I do”

The greatest lesson parents can teach their children is simply to be present and engaged in whatever the child is doing.

“my parents used to be at the competitions at the mathlete competitions the same way they would be at the football game or the basketball game. So my parents are like the one thing I really learned about my parents is um my dad is to be there. Right? No matter what your kids are doing, just to be the”

She found the experience of attending church and homeschooling during her childhood to be a significant influence on her life, albeit not always a positive one.

“I did. I don't think it was like the best church or whatever, though.”

He believes that learning about the Jewish religion in school was a waste of time compared to learning other practical skills.

“I will say though like it was it was fine but like so much time I felt was in hindsight was wasted learning all this just dumb [ __ ] people were learning about the Jewish religion all that stuff I'm just like I could have been learning anything else computer programming”