But let me tell you what my parents did do for me, which I know many people share this story -- my parents saved for us.

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You know, I think my parents, they led me into an awareness of what was going on.

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For instance, when I was very young, you know, my parents were still married, and I lived sort of kind of a typical kid in small-town Kansas life.

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Mindy barks when I have a seizure so my parents will know.

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She and my parents sit me down: What do I know?

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And I want to take this opportunity to say how sad I am for Eliot Spitzer's family, particularly his teenage daughters, his wife, of course, but his parents who are my generation and wonderful nice people, and I know this must be a terrible blow for them.

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And parents say, look I have a right to know who's around my kids.

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They never said that they were my real parents, I mean, I always knew I had this good-looking, you know, high-stepping mom, and she was like only 14 years older than me.

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