Parenting is an incredibly important responsibility and so we wanted to get a conversation going with input from parents in the community. We asked them: what is the most important thing you’ve done as a parent? We’ve highlighted some of the responses below.

Katie B. Smith | Transformational Executive & Career Coach

The most important thing I have done in raising my children is teaching them to trust their intuition. While learning to trust one’s intuition is a lifelong practice, it helps to start developing it at an early age. My children, now 30 and 36 years old, would often come to me with a problem or a decision they had to make. I would ask them to close their eyes, take three deep breaths, and listen to what their inner guidance was telling them. The idea was to trust what their intuition or inner feeling suggested. Most of the time, they found really good solutions to the questions they asked me. Read more>>

Angelitta Alvarez | Piñata maker

I think as a parent you are the first person to set examples for your child. I believe starting my own business from the ground up and not giving up even tho it may seem overwhelming in the moment is the greatest example I can set for my child. To reach for the stars even if it seems unreachable that if you keep reaching you will eventually get there! Read more>>

Alex Acosta | Entrepreneur/Artist

The most important thing that I’ve done and learned as a father so far is to not give up on my son. Every single thing I do, wether it’s work, side hustles, Art. It’s all for him. “REMEMBER YOUR WHY”. He has truly been a blessing in my life and to this day I continue to learn, teach, and understand what being a father really is. I’m not a perfect father, but it’s better to be a full time trying than not being there at all. I had a tough childhood, most likely a tough love relationship with my father. I’m greatful for it because thanks to him I am the man I grew up to be. I want my son to have a better childhood than I did. I want him to do the childhood things I never had a chance to do. Read more>>