Changing Live
Intro
Holiday, Youth violence,
Parents do you want your child to fear you or respect you?
Story (Parent haven’t heard from their kid, which is now an adult)
Fear
Most prevalent in the black community to me
Raising under an iron fist
Where does stern punishment originate from? (Slavery, parents, grandparents)
Respect
Emasculating
What model are you following?
Respect
Story (Raising kids as friends/no authority)
Raising communicating
Respect
Teaching
Relationship
When they are going through things you want them to come to you.
You also want to give your children enough autonomy to make decisions, make mistakes, and learn from them.
There has to be a path for them to grow into a thinking adult.
Parents keep in mind, your children do listen to what you say. But most importantly, they see what you do.
I struggled with this when I would push entrepreneurship so much on my sons, and I hadn’t committed to it. Even though I was semi successful handling both a job and businesses, I just felt funny. But my children never said anything to me about it.
My personal philosophy with parenting from a respect/fear perspective
I’m very structured, but I stress communication. But my home is not a democracy.
Quote: Privacy is something you pay extra for at the hotel.
Thin line to walk as a parent
I believe the greatest gift a parent can give their child is the ability to think. Not follow the crowd, not follow mom and dad, but to know how to listen well, how to gather information, how to process information, and then make sound decision.
Business Tip
Filing Your Taxes
Be proactive
Start getting things in order now, before next year when W2 and 1099 come out
Call your tax person to make sure they are open
Conclusion
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