About this episode

Emma McQueen reflects on a moment when her daughter started her own business, highlighting the lessons children learn from their parents.

What do our children learn from us when we’re not even trying to teach them? In this episode, I share the moment my 12-year-old daughter started her own business, complete with a Canva brochure and letterbox drop strategy, and why it stopped me in my tracks. It was one of those moments that made me realise just how much our kids are watching, absorbing, and learning from the way we live…

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