(Dan Tri) - For more than 15 years, American psychologist Margot Machol Bisnow has interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs and their parents to learn about how these entrepreneurs were raised.
Ms. Margot Machol Bisnow is a parenting consultant in the US. She has 20 years of experience in financial consulting and more than 10 years of experience advising parents on how to raise successful children.
Bisnow interviewed hundreds of successful entrepreneurs and their parents to learn about how these entrepreneurs were raised.
Expert Bisnow realized that even though they have raised successful children, parents still have regrets, because the journey of raising children is never a perfect journey as expected. When sharing with Ms. Bisnow, parents who have raised successful children often have 4 regrets.
Need to be calmer when your child does not complete college
The journey of raising children is never a perfect journey (Illustration: iStock).
Most parents believe that a college degree is essential to launching a successful career. However, there are many famous business people in the world who dropped out of school.
Billionaire Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University. CEO of artificial intelligence research company OpenAI - Mr. Sam Altman - dropped out of Stanford University.
Tech entrepreneur Matt Mullenweg, founder of the WordPress content management system, dropped out of the University of Houston. The world's richest man, Elon Musk, dropped out of Stanford University.
All of the above characters had very impressive startup ideas, they decided to stop studying to quickly start implementing their own plans. They decided to drop out of school because they wanted to take advantage of the timing in their startup journey.
In addition, these famous businessmen all emphasized that if the business is not favorable and they are forced to stop, they can completely return to studying.
During the course of the interviews, Bisnow encountered similar stories. Many of the successful businesspeople she met also dropped out of college, causing their parents to worry. Looking back, however, many parents said they should not have worried so much and stressed out with their children.
Their child not finishing college is not as serious as they think. After all, reality has shown that when a young person has a truly viable startup idea, has passion, persistent enthusiasm, and works tirelessly, they will reap success.
Cherish your child's hobbies and passions.
Your child's hobbies will help him succeed in his future career (Illustration: iStock).
Jon Chu - the famous American director who directed films such as Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Wicked (2024) - once made his parents very worried. Ever since elementary school, Jon Chu was very interested in writing scripts and making films. His parents were worried that this passion would distract him from his studies and affect his future.
When sharing with expert Bisnow, director Jon Chu's parents said they regretted being too strict with their son, forbidding him to spend time on his passion. In fact, many other parents are like director Jon Chu's parents.
Looking back, many parents realize that their children's hobbies will help them succeed in their future careers. Because it is in the process of pursuing hobbies that children learn many useful things.
Bisnow has noticed that many entrepreneurs were very good at sports from a young age, and their parents were worried that spending too much time playing sports would affect their studies.
Still, several successful entrepreneurs told Bisnow that they learned important skills while playing sports. They later learned perseverance, patience, confidence, and boldness from their experiences in sports. These traits have served them well in their pursuit of business.
Be open with your children about family finances.
Being open about finances with your children will help both parents and children feel more comfortable (Illustration: iStock).
Many entrepreneurs told Bisnow that their parents were the first to teach them the value of money at a young age. However, when talking to the parents of successful entrepreneurs, Bisnow found that some parents regretted their reluctance to talk to their children about the family’s finances.
Teaching children about the value of money, how parents earn money, save money, and spend money according to their abilities are all important early financial knowledge.
In fact, openly sharing financial matters with children will help both parents and children feel more comfortable, increasing the bond and sharing in the family. For some parents, they hope to find a suitable way to talk with their children about family finances, turning this topic into a useful educational story for their children.
Stay calm in the face of your child's failures.
Bold experimentation is the only way to progress and achieve success (Illustration: iStock).
Parents of successful children generally have a calm outlook on failure, yet many parents still feel that this is not enough.
Sharing with Bisnow experts, many parents regret that they did not have a more optimistic and warm view of their children's failures. Later, many parents truly understood that boldly experimenting is the only way to progress and reach success.
In the journey of experimentation, your child will experience failures, but it is through failures that he will learn many things. Many parents witnessing their children's failures feel sad and heartbroken, they are not strong enough to maintain an optimistic and confident mentality, to help their children overcome failures more gently.
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