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. 

Darris Cue

My mother is a big inspiration to me. She taught me how to cook as a teenager because she never wanted me to be dependent on my wife/girlfriend to feed me. I had no idea it would evolve to me providing catering and meals for others. It has really turned into a passion of mine. Read More>>

Meir Cioraru

It was my mother who led me to chiropractic. I was captain of my high school wrestling team, and every night I went to bed and woke up with a dislocated shoulder. Multiple specialists, no answers, surgery looking like the only path forward. My mother, who was health-oriented and sought natural options first, brought me to a chiropractor. Read More>>

Felipe Picazo

My parents raised me right! Coming from immigrant parents and even being an immigrant myself I always had to learn to blend in. Don’t stand out, but always work harder than anyone else. My parents taught me that just because someone says you can’t doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. Read More>>

Cavin Costello

They did so many things right its hard to narrow it down, but here is one specific example. Read More>>

Sara Nicole Tynan

My parents did a lot of things right, but the thing that stands out most is that they consistently told me to dream big — and then modeled what it looked like to back that up with action and faithfulness. One story that captures this perfectly happened in high school. Read More>>

Cassandra Harner

My parents divorced when I was a baby, and I have no memory of when they were married. My mom was in real estate and my dad was a percussionist. My mom remarried to a man in real estate, and my dad remarried a painter. Read More>>

Minna

My parents alway allowed my creativity to thrive and grow. They put me in all sorts of creative avenues since I was three such as piano lessons, dancing lessons and acting lessons. I was homeschooled until 6th grade which allowed me to gain independent intellectual thought and curiosity, and to explore my inner world and imagination. Read More>>

Ester Budek Robbins

My mother was a rebel. She had me at 38 in Soviet-era Kyrgyzstan — an age when women in that world were already becoming grandmothers. Then she did something truly unthinkable for that time and system: she quit her job as a translator at a military training school and stayed home with my brother and me. In the Soviet Union, everyone worked. Everyone was equal.  Read More>>

Christian Ramirez

Two lessons were ingrained in me by my parents growing up. My mom is pure and has always led with her heart, my dad taught me the nothing is impossible . When you put this things together you get someone that has lost the fear of the unknown because whatever that is there will always be a way to solve it or work with it. Read More>>

Jeanishma Daniels

They have always supported me on my career path and entrepreneurial journey. I have to expand this question beyond my parents for a moment. Since I was 4, I’ve been surrounded by many entrepreneurs in my family. My grandmother owned her own cleaning company where she cleaned houses, company buildings, and our church at the time. I would go with her to clean the houses. Read More>>

Alessandra Dearing

One of the biggest things my parents did right was believing in me before I fully believed in myself. From a very young age, they always reminded me that I was capable of more than I realized. They taught me that you don’t start at the finish line. Read More>>

Aurea Luna

My parents are everything to me they have helped me through so much and helped me accomplish everything because of them I have my own business. Read More>>

Joe Baldelomar

One of the most important things my parents did right was teaching me the values of compassion, service, resilience, and unconditional love through the way they lived their lives. They demonstrated that caring for others is not just a responsibility but a privilege, especially during life’s most difficult moments. My father’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease profoundly shaped who I am today, both personally and professionally. Read More>>

Paige DeChausse

I always say the greatest gift my folks gave me was freedom. I was the youngest of three, so I spent a lot of my life watching. Watching my sisters, watching my parents, my grandparents, watching how people moved through the world. And because of that, I became really observant early on. Read More>>

Meikhel Philogene

They instilled proper values and morals, and taught me how to respect others from all walks of life, while leading by example. This has allowed me to better navigate life, professionally and personally. Read More>>