Our community is comprised of entrepreneurs and artists and creatives – folks who have chosen incredibly difficult professional paths that often don’t offer any safety nets or guarantees. Nonetheless, we regularly hear that being a parent is a far greater challenge and so we asked some of these folks to open up to us about the things they’ve done as parents that they feel will have a meaningful and positive impact on their child.

Layne Lieberman | Registered dietitian, nutritional biochemist, author and culinary travel leader

I started a business with one of my sons. We developed an organic and 100% botanical OTC topical pain relief drug for those suffering with TMJ. We are in process of selling the business. While this is not a nutritional product, I used my recipe development & knowledge of botanicals/ OTC topical pain relief drugs skills to create the formula. My son is an industrial engineer and we did this together while he was working full time and completing a MBA program Read more>>

Marshall Frasier | Traveler and singer

We love raising our kids with morals. Our morals come from the Bible and two things have transpired recently that show me they are listening. My one daughter, who is 13, saw a boys bike being stolen. She called her friends and the friends started yelling at the thief. The thief was an 8 year old girl. After they got the bike back, my 13 year old walked over to her and asked for forgiveness for the others for yelling at her. Read more>>

Nick Montecchia | President of Byonic Skate Blades

First and foremost, it’s imperative to be on the same page as your spouse. My wife and I are both firm believers in facilitating and fostering their growth by instilling important values and acting on these values. We encouraged them at a young age to explore different interests and opportunities. Both of our boys took a keen interest to sports and competition. Through sports they have learned the importance work ethic, team work, discipline, communication, commitment, time management and have made life long friendships. We encourage our boys to be open-minded, to challenge themselves, to be respectful, to work hard and most importantly enjoy what they set out to do. Read more>>