' s ▁father , ▁origin ated ▁from ▁L igny - en - Bar ro is , ▁was ▁an ▁engineer ▁and ▁the ▁propriet or ▁of ▁several ▁industrial ▁fact ories ▁in ▁Paris . ▁Her ▁mother ▁was ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁an ▁ins urance ▁company ▁director . ▁She ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁a ▁conserv ative ▁Catholic ▁family , ▁as ▁had ▁her ▁father . ▁She ▁suffered ▁from ▁amb ly op ia ▁as ▁a ▁child , ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁decre ased ▁vision ▁of ▁her ▁left ▁eye . ▁She ▁has ▁one ▁younger ▁sister , ▁M ij an ou . ▁ ▁B ard ot ' s ▁child hood ▁was ▁prosper ous ; ▁she ▁lived ▁in ▁her ▁family ' s ▁seven - bed room ▁a partment ▁in ▁the ▁lux ur ious ▁ 1 6 th ▁arr ondissement . ▁However , ▁she ▁re called ▁feeling ▁res ent ful ▁in ▁her ▁early ▁years . ▁Her ▁father ▁demanded ▁she ▁follow ▁strict ▁behaviour al ▁standards , ▁including ▁good ▁table ▁man ners , ▁and ▁that ▁she ▁wear ▁appropriate ▁clothes . ▁Her ▁mother ▁was ▁extremely ▁select ive ▁in ▁choosing ▁compan ions ▁for ▁her , ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁B ard ot ▁had ▁very ▁few ▁child hood ▁friends . ▁B ard ot ▁c ited ▁a ▁personal ▁tra um atic ▁incident ▁when ▁she ▁and ▁her ▁sister ▁broke ▁her ▁parents ' ▁favour ite ▁v ase ▁while ▁they ▁were ▁playing ▁in ▁the ▁house ; ▁her ▁father ▁wh ipped ▁the ▁sister s ▁ 2 0 ▁times ▁and ▁hence for th ▁treated ▁them ▁like ▁" str angers ", ▁demand ing ▁them ▁to ▁address ▁their ▁parents