Jacqueline ElliottLeadership Strategist | CEO, Mother, Wife, Legacy-Builder

PARENTS TEACH YOUR KIDS THIS

18 Nov 2025 · 0 min

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Brief conversational segment from a YouTube video ("PARENTS TEACH YOUR KIDS THIS") in which two speakers discuss the single piece of advice they'd give children: they describe routinely talking to their kids about death and contingency plans (e.g., instructing an older child to care for a younger sibling), and emphasize teaching the habits and leadership behaviors that produce long-term success rather than focusing solely on money.

You were to give your kids, you could leave them with just one piece of advice. You know, what would that thing be?
We talk about our kids all the time, about death. We do. First, it was really uncomfortable, but they've gotten used to it because we're like, hey, you know, we travel, we do things. Hey, if something were to happen to mom and dad, we tell her, son, like, you got to make sure you take care of your sister. She's 12 years old. Do you think a kid really wants to hear about that? But we plant those scenarios and we tell them, like, this is what you have to do. You have to make sure that you're a leader. We have to make sure that you have the right habits. So we're instilling those habits. So if I wanted to leave something with those, with kids, I would say, hey, pick up on the habits that your parents, you know, had to reach their level of success, basically. Not basically just the money, because money can come and go. It's everywhere, you know, so it would be like, just learn what it's like to have those habits.
I love that. I love that so much. Because if they can learn that, then they can go and they can totally dominate life.