Welcome to issue #016 of Unicorn Parents. Each week, I share practical insights and reflections to help you build a profitable business without missing the magic at home. If you’re serious about winning at work while raising great kids, you’ve come to the right place. This is a community built for ambitious parents who want both.
My wife and I are having the classic debate:
Should we have a third child?
We already have two boys.
Two awesome, chaos-filled, dirt-digging, toy-smashing toddlers.
But I’ll admit it, I want a daughter.
There’s something sacred between a father and a daughter.
I hear it all the time.
That soft place in a dad’s heart that only she occupies.
I want to know what that feels like—to be adored by my little girl.
But here’s the thing: it’s not a solo decision.
It requires partnership.
And partnership means agreement.
Sometimes, my wife and I don’t see eye to eye.
And that’s okay.
Partnership isn’t about always agreeing. It’s about learning how to.
Learning how to respect, wrestle, reconcile, and still hold hands at the end of the day.
The truth is, good partners make life difficult.
Not in a bad way.
In the kind of way that shapes you. Refines you. Makes you less selfish, more human.
My wife does that for me.
So do my business partners.
They challenge me, stretch me, frustrate me, BUT they make me better.
Because here’s the hidden blessing:
The people who make life hardest for us are often the ones helping us grow the most.
They are, in their own inconvenient way, gifts from God.
That’s what I want my sons to learn.
That family isn’t about winning arguments or getting your way.
It’s about learning to get along—to want to get along.
Maybe one day, if I’m lucky, I’ll have a daughter who shows me another side of love.
But even if I don’t, I’m already surrounded by the kind of love that teaches me how to be better.
And that’s the whole point of parenting anyway.