The greatest gift you can give to a child is to teach them the importance of being independent. American kids today seem to be connected to an I.V. drip of never-ending video games, social media, and screens. There is a frustrating commitment to things that are not real, tangible, and/or value-generating.
We must begin parenting and grand-parenting in a way that moves children closer to their God-given right to be entrepreneurial and independent. Teach them about money and how to save it. Help them understand hard work by assigning chores and rewarding chores with an allowance. Have family dinners together, and discuss value-generating topics, such a determination and learning from failures. We believe that all human beings are born to be entrepreneurs. It is human nature, but today's society attempts to beat entrepreneurship out of people and replace it with dependence. It’s time to beat it back into them! If we all embrace some of the practices above, imagine how we could catapult future generations into success?