What Our Kids Learned Growing Up On Our Farm-Based Startup

Family startups can be challenging, but they also offer many learning opportunities and benefits to family members, including your children. This was something we observed first-hand with the Ice Cider business we began on our orchard.The other day I wrote down a list of 5 things which I felt had been key benefits for our children growing up on our orchard and living in the middle of a business venture. Once I made my list, I asked my (now 20-year-old) daughter Haley if she would compose her own list. I was interested to see whether we had the same perspective on this. While she mentioned some things which surprised me, we definitely overlapped on some of our thinking on the benefits. The things which we both noted on our lists were social learning situations and the ability to easily appreciate and enjoy nature.Here’s the list I came up with...Read on at https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanreid/2016/05/28/what-our-kids-learned-growing-up-on-our-farm-based-startup/#b720515a884d