Your career can be their classroom.
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Welcome to issue #028 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.
Last week, I was invited to speak at a conference.
Normally I go alone.
I fly in, I speak, I shake hands, I fly out.
But this time, I tried something different.
I asked the organizers if they’d sponsor my family to come with me.
To my surprise, they said yes.
Not because I pushed for luxury.
Not because I demanded anything.
But because I simply said:
“My work and my family don’t compete with each other—they enhance each other. I’d love to bring them if we can make the logistics work.”
And they made it work.
We flew together.
We ate together.
And in between my sessions, we explored the city together.
It reminded me of something important:
You don’t need to be wealthy to expose your kids to multiple worlds.
You just need to be intentional.
You don’t need to hop continents to experience “multiple worlds.”
Every child grows up inside a set of worlds:
home
school
culture
faith community
extended family
social circles
language
neighborhood
And the more varied, diverse, and enriching those worlds are…
the more adaptable, empathetic, and confident a child becomes.
Travel helps. Of course it does.
But exposure is the real gift.
And exposure comes in many forms:
new foods
new people
new accents
new environments
new stories
new ideas
new ways of thinking
A child can grow up in one city and still experience the world.
Here are things any parent can do, regardless of income, location, or passport count:
1. If your work involves travel, bring the family when you can
Not every trip.
Not every destination.
But sometimes, it’s as simple as asking:
“Is there a way for me to bring my family with me?”
It won’t always work.
It rarely works perfectly.
But once in a while, the conditions align, and even a short tag-along trip can change a child.
2. Join communities that widen your worldview
This is the underrated hack.
Communities like:
parent groups
conference circles
founder groups
churches
professional networks
cross-cultural communities
global friendships
Kids absorb the world through the conversations we have
and the people we surround ourselves with.
No plane ticket required.
3. Teach languages through daily habits
You don’t need tutors.
You just need:
different shows
different greetings
different songs
talking to friends in another language
letting kids hear you switch languages
Children don’t “learn” languages…
they absorb them.
4. Treat every new environment as a classroom
A farmers’ market.
A temple.
A beach.
A different neighborhood.
A new playground.
Different “worlds” are everywhere—if you point them out.
Kids don’t need a lecture.
They need anchors.
Over time, the understanding becomes real.
The future belongs to kids who can walk in more than one world.
Kids who feel comfortable with difference.
Kids who aren’t afraid of “new.”
Kids who grow up seeing diversity as normal.
Kids whose confidence comes from familiarity with change.
And we (parents like us) can give them that.
Not through money.
Not through status.
But through intentional exposure.
Trip by trip.
Conversation by conversation.
Story by story.
This is the heart of Unicorn Parents.
We are raising children who don’t just visit the world…
They understand it.
They belong in it.
They can thrive anywhere.