Christian Ray Flores

I mean, that was just what it was like. That's pretty third world, man.

I mean, that was just what it was like. That's pretty third world, man.

First of all, thank you for asking that question because I am very, very passionate about parenting. I come from three generations of broken homes, you know, and I had to really, really recalibrate my life, my character, my everything to learn how to be a good husband and a good parent, right? So this is quite literally the top of my priorities.

First of all, thank you for asking that question because I am very, very passionate about parenting. I come from three generations of broken homes, you know, and I had to really, really recalibrate my life, my character, my everything to learn how to be a good husband and a good parent, right? So this is quite literally the top of my priorities.

Like it's not business, it's not money, it's not career, it's not even impact. It's my wife is radiant with joy. My kids are functional in winning. You know, that's basically it, right? So I really do care about this tremendously. You know, and the thing is, it's fascinating. And I would love to get to even the skip 40 years and that kid is a high performer CEO.

Like it's not business, it's not money, it's not career, it's not even impact. It's my wife is radiant with joy. My kids are functional in winning. You know, that's basically it, right? So I really do care about this tremendously. You know, and the thing is, it's fascinating. And I would love to get to even the skip 40 years and that kid is a high performer CEO.

and how the same principle applies to that kid and to that CEO, right? Let's make that gap, right, later. But it's the same thing, right? So my kids, two were born in Moscow, one was born in Ukraine, but they moved pretty early. So my oldest one is a little bit older, she was 12, but the youngest ones were zero or like one and three, basically, right? So they're 100% American kids.

and how the same principle applies to that kid and to that CEO, right? Let's make that gap, right, later. But it's the same thing, right? So my kids, two were born in Moscow, one was born in Ukraine, but they moved pretty early. So my oldest one is a little bit older, she was 12, but the youngest ones were zero or like one and three, basically, right? So they're 100% American kids.

Like, they're very Americanized.

Like, they're very Americanized.

Now, here's how you still replicate the healthy patterns. No participation prizes, ever. Okay. Those are like the basic things, right? Teach them disciplines, not rules. The school system is designed as a factory. It's a conveyor belt. And it's designed to teach kids to perform to give them a certain mark. I mean, they're literally creating cogs. That's the way it's done.

Now, here's how you still replicate the healthy patterns. No participation prizes, ever. Okay. Those are like the basic things, right? Teach them disciplines, not rules. The school system is designed as a factory. It's a conveyor belt. And it's designed to teach kids to perform to give them a certain mark. I mean, they're literally creating cogs. That's the way it's done.

What we taught our kids, and our oldest went to a charter school, then a private school. Our youngest two were actually homeschooled throughout. We taught them disciplines. This is history. This is literature. How did literature relate to history? How does this thing relate to each other? This is economics, right? This is geography.

What we taught our kids, and our oldest went to a charter school, then a private school. Our youngest two were actually homeschooled throughout. We taught them disciplines. This is history. This is literature. How did literature relate to history? How does this thing relate to each other? This is economics, right? This is geography.

And the mindset of the normal education sort of bubble is you're at the center of it, then it's your parents, then it's your state, then it's your country. What we taught them is there's the world, there's continents, countries, states, systems, then it's your family, then it's you. You are not at the center of the universe, basically. There's a world and you fit into it a certain way.

And the mindset of the normal education sort of bubble is you're at the center of it, then it's your parents, then it's your state, then it's your country. What we taught them is there's the world, there's continents, countries, states, systems, then it's your family, then it's you. You are not at the center of the universe, basically. There's a world and you fit into it a certain way.

So these are like micro things, right? But I would say you teach them relationship by not being a parent only in the morning when you drop them off and in the evening when you tuck them in and maybe play around in the backyard for a little bit. Well, integrate your life with them because they need it. When they grow up, they need to understand what deep relationships are, right? So we literally...

So these are like micro things, right? But I would say you teach them relationship by not being a parent only in the morning when you drop them off and in the evening when you tuck them in and maybe play around in the backyard for a little bit. Well, integrate your life with them because they need it. When they grow up, they need to understand what deep relationships are, right? So we literally...

We planned or even limited our business opportunities to where our lives with our kids were integrated. They're weaved together. And if you do that early on, they won't resent you when they're teenagers. When they resent you when they're teenagers, it's too late. So now we have, I mean, they're all out of the house, 20, 22, 29, but they come back. The relationship is intact.

We planned or even limited our business opportunities to where our lives with our kids were integrated. They're weaved together. And if you do that early on, they won't resent you when they're teenagers. When they resent you when they're teenagers, it's too late. So now we have, I mean, they're all out of the house, 20, 22, 29, but they come back. The relationship is intact.