I interviewed 70 parents who raised highly successful adults—their top 4 regrets: 'I shouldn’t have fixed things for them'

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I interviewed 70 parents who raised highly successful adults—their top 4 regrets: 'I shouldn’t have fixed things for them'
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'Raising an Entrepreneur' author Margot Machol Bisnow, who interviewed 70 parents who raised successful adults, reveals what they would have done differently.

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As parents, we often wonder if we're doing the right thing for our children. No one is immune to that kind of thinking.

Similarly, many parents recalled pushing their children to spend less time doing what they loved, and more time studying or doing an activity that would make them more appealing to a top school. There are a few terms for over involved parents: helicopter parents, who hover over their children and intervene in their decisions; snowplow parents, who move obstacles and challenges out of the way.

When they watched their children take big risks to start a new venture, or sell something they started, or pivot in a new direction, or not take a job with a guaranteed paycheck to pursue their dream, they were proud of them.

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