— Both of our two sons had a passion outside of school by the time they were in middle school. And although I didn’t realize it at the time, there was a serendipitous aspect to Elliott’s playing competitive tennis and Austin’s writing music. It was only when I started to speak to the parents of…
Margot Machol Bisnow
About Margot Machol Bisnow
Margot Machol Bisnow spent 20 years in government, including as an FTC Commissioner and staff director of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. For the last 10 years, she has spoken to parent groups about raising creative, confident, resilient children who achieve their dreams. She served as an Advisor to EQ Generation, an after-school program in New York City that gives children the skills to succeed; on the Advisory Board of the MUSE School in Malibu, that prepares young people to live consciously through passion-based learning; and on the Board of Spark the Journey in Washington DC, that mentors low-income high school students to achieve college and career success. Her new book is Raising an Entrepreneur: How to Help Your Children Achieve Their Dreams – 99 Stories from Families Who Did. Learn more at raisinganentrepreneur.com.