Parents teach us many things including how to be a parent. We can learn from their mistakes, sure, but we can also learn a lot from the things they got right. We asked successful entrepreneurs and creatives to open up to us about their parents and what they felt their parents got right.

Sarah Spiegle

My parents have been married for 40 years this July! Growing up, I was the oldest of 4 kids and I often wondered (and was asked by others) how my parents built our family unit to be so close-knit, and I never truly knew how to answer. Read more>>

Erica Salazar

My mother insisted that I identify and hold strong to my values. There was only pressure in my household to think critically about the world, my position in it and my ability to further its’ progress. In my mother’s eyes, education is an avenue to engaging with the world around me and enacting my values. Read more>>

Amanda Besl

My parents are artists and were art teachers in the rural town I grew up in. They gave me a lot of space to explore the natural world. We lived on the edge of town and had a really big backyard with raspberries and pear trees and it felt like acreage to a child. Read more>>

Jasmine Tyson

I had what I’d consider an idyllic childhood, which I fully attribute to my parents. We enjoyed yearly trips to Disney World, family beach vacations, and Christmases brimming with gifts. Read more>>