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Encouraging Kids to Launch Businesses 
Excerpts from The Lemonade Stand 

Most parents who want to motivate their kids to start their own businesses do it for one reason: They feel that in the long run, their children will lead more satisfying lives by being self-employed. While this may be an honorable reason, your kids will not be swayed to start businesses by this logic. Take it from someone who has been advising young people for years on how to start their own businesses — kids are not interested in the lofty goal of becoming entrepreneurs today so their lives will be easier five or ten years from now. Kids have a short-term view of the world and are interested in the here and now. They will want to know how entrepreneurship is going to benefit them in the short run.

Fortunately, there are steps you can take to show your youngsters the significance of starting businesses now. These approaches abandon the intellectual arguments parents try to use to motivate their kids. Rather, they are tangible approaches that have proven effective in encouraging kids to try entrepreneurship.