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.

Ruth A. Muñiz

While it’s not necessarily the best course of action, the fact that I was so greatly unsupervised in my childhood, I had a lot of time for introspection. This was crucial at this stage of my life because of trauma that I incurred a fews years prior. Read more>>

Sandi King

Both my parents knew I would figure a way to be a creative in this life, and both had their own ways of supporting. You can catch my mom (Momma Sue as everyone calls her) out at almost every show and performance I do. She loves music, being married to a musician for many years (my dad) she has an intimate knowledge of what it is to pursue this career before I ever tried. Read more>>

Carli Valentine

I am a firm believer in how important it is to read to kids EVERY DAY. My mom always read to me as a kid. I have so many fond memories of us going to the library,l and picking out books and reading them together afterwords! I believe this played a key role in my love of books and deciding to become an author! Read more>>

Maddie Wallace

This is a great question, thank you for asking this. My parents have always been super supportive of me and my younger sister. Growing up they pushed us to succeed in school and extra curricular activities but we never felt like their love for us depended on these achievements. They wanted us to do our best and celebrated whatever that meant for us. Read more>>

Xuan Liu

One of the things I appreciate most about my parents is they respect my will and give me my own space to explore whatever I want. In the environment I grew up in, most parents let their children do a lot of homework and go to after school, they had very little free time and opportunity to make choices on their own. Read more>>

Emma Terrazas

Growing up, sports were my life. My parents accepted that I was a pretty big tomboy but never made me feel a certain way about it- they loved me exactly how I was. Read more>>

Elizabeth Schell

My mother taught vital lessons that has helped me. She always taught me to be kind, respectful and do things with love. At early age I saw she was always involve in projects that helped woman and children in need. Read more>>

Tajshina Jones

I grew up helping and serving people. My parents were pastors and I was able to see first hand what it looked and felt like to care for others beyond myself. They instilled humbleness into me and my siblings. So as an adult what does that look like? It looks like compassion! I’ve developed a sense of pride in doing things for others and wanting the best for them. Read more>>

Louma El-Khoury

Every time I think about my creative path, I trace it back to my parents’ support and presence. Being encouraged creatively as a child/adolescent in an environment that pushed traditional routes (importance of academics only), isn’t something that I take for granted. I am where I am today because my parents encouraged my creative endeavors, and I am forever grateful for this. Read more>>

Caitlyn Roberts

Growing up, I always had very supportive parents. I appreciate the way they allowed me to make my own decisions and mistakes while supporting me along the way. In a creative aspect, they also fostered the things I was interested in from flute lessons, to dance team, and into adulthood with my decision to start blogging. Learning yourself is tough, so I appreciate their support in the process of me growing to become who I know myself to be. Read more>>

Kira Giannoni

My parents taught me the importance of working hard. Both are immigrants from Europe with no college education. They came over in their young 20s and worked various jobs to get on their feet before meeting and starting a family. Today, they are both successful in their careers and continue to demonstrate the value of hard work ethic and independence. I am grateful to have two amazing role models in my life. Read more>>

Gail Gould

When I was a little girl growing up in Dallas, Texas, my dad would often say to me to find work I love to do since I would need to work when I grow up. I took him at his word. It took me a while to settle in on what I am doing now, but I have always tried to towards finding work that I love and find meaningful. Read more>>

Harold Foster, Jr.

In regard to my upbringing, I believe my parents are the driving force behind my success as a business owner and a graphic designer. The values and morals they instilled in me as a child still resonate with me today, and now that I am a father of two; Read more>>

Maggie Williams

I grew up in Los Angeles in the 1950s – one of 6 children. We were an average American family. My mom stayed home with the kids and she was a combination of Betty Crocker and Martha Stewart all in one. She cooked most things from scratch and knew how to stretch a pound of hamburger or miraculously make one chicken feed 8 people. She was also an excellent seamstress, and still managed to keep a spotless home. Read more>>

Whitney Brewer

We’re all so quick to jump to what our parents did WRONG, so this question definitely struck something inside of me and got me curious…What did my parents do RIGHT? Read more>>

Cassandra Baker

Being a parent is not easy as I see for myself as a mother, so I can’t say there’s a book on parenting because everyone life is different and we all are different in many ways! So I would say that the best thing that my parents did for me was have me! Let me explain, in my younger years I never knew what I wanted or what I wanted to do! Read more>>

Jennie Fowler

My folks were civic-minded. Through organizations and on their own they helped others with all they had. Dad was a Shriner, and they gave through their church. On their own they helped an abused child become safe and a poor family with groceries and goods for years; unbeknownst to anyone, Read more>>

Jasmine Bellard

Joseph and Katrina Bellard are my world. If they never knew this I want them to know they were the best parents anyone could ask for. For it was God’s hand, for others the universe, but our pairing was heaven sent. Read more>>

Maria & Jesus Cabezas

We both come from immigrant parents that migrated many years ago to the US from Cuba. From a young age we have seen the hard work and dedication our parents have put forth to succeed in this country. With that said it did not come easy for them to make it in this country. They impacted out lives daily by showing us what extremely hard work, dedication and sacrifice can afford you. Read more>>