Our entire lives, we’ve been sold a lie.

We’ve been taught that growing up means putting your head down, working harder, staying later, and handling it all yourself. We’ve been taught that as parents, one of our primary responsibilities is to ensure that children grow up to be completely self-sufficient. We’ve heard it (and likely said it!) countless times: “Welcome to adulting! You’re on your own now.”

Not true.

I know because I’ve lived it. Before I was a CEO, growing my business and my family, I was a fresh graduate, just like your kids. In an uncertain world — where AI threatens jobs and the economy feels unstable — I’d like to share one truth that I hope will allow us to make our kids happier, more successful humans: The secret key to real independence is the ability to seek and ac

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