Over 15 years, I interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs and their parents to learn how they were raised. The parents say their grown children are not only accomplished and financially successful, but generous and kind. But looking back now, so many of the parents told me there were several things they wished they had known while their children were growing up. 'Don't panic if they don't finish college'Most of the parents I spoke to believed that a college degree was essential for a successful career. Their parents told me they worried that all the time their children were spending on the playing field instead of the classroom was a waste of time.

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