"There were a lot of nannies and assistants to take care of the kids. She was more of the pal than the disciplinarian. She was the kind of mother who said, ‘I’m here if you want to talk to me.’ She was only 21 when she had Michael, they weren’t that far apart in age, and she took that approach with all of them.“ said William J. Mann, author of "How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood."