What was Marilyn Monroes Childhood like?
Answer Hi Cat, Thank you for the great question. Things werent easy for Marilyn before she was famous. Little Norma Jeane was a very shy, quiet child with a kind heart. She had an active imagination and liked animals. In fact, she had a dog named Tippy who followed her to school every morning and waited patiently for her until the end of the day. On the downside, she was also very lonely and experienced a lot of confusion. Marilyns mother, Gladys, put Norma Jeane in the care of the Bolender family, who were devout Pentecostal Church goers. As such, they against movies, drinking, smoking, dancing, etc. Gladys was the exact opposite: she loved movies (worked as a film cutter even), drank, smoked and danced. Needless to say, there were some mixed messages. Also, the Bolenders wanted to adopt Norma Jeane, but because Gladys refused, her foster parents corrected her she tried to call them Mama and Daddy. Her real mother was basically a stranger to her. When Gladys did try to take custody of
