#18 Jonah Eyre on Teaching Your Children to Work

In this episode, Noah, Eli, and Tal talk with Jonah about his unique approach to parenting.

Jonah shares how he teaches his kids to work hard, learn by doing, and take responsibility for themselves. He talks about their adventurous family lifestyle—kite surfing, running cars on "used cooking oil", and hunting for their own food.

We get a real look at how Jonah and his wife Aja focus on independence, sustainability, and staying curious as a family.

If you’re interested in practical ways to raise kids who are capable, resourceful, and ready to explore the world, you’ll want to listen to this one.

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Chapters

• 0:52 Noah asks Jonah about how he teaches his kids to work
• 4:34 Eli ask Jonah a follow-up question about how to help your kids catch the vision of work: "there's no other option"
• 5:00 Helping kids earn money. His daughter earned enough to buy a horse!
• 6:07 Jonah introduces himself, his family, and his unique career path
• 12:00 How do you get kids to start to work?
• 14:04 We need to blaze new trails as dads
• 16:03 We said, "we can't pay for their education" so they responded by going to Columbia and Harvard
• 18:55 How do you do these things?
• 20:07 Sometimes stay silent. let them figure it out.
• 21:41 Locus of Control discussion
• 26:54 When do you just step in and do what needs to be done?
• 29:32 Teaching your kids new things
• 40:49 How did you do this financially?
• 48:30 We sing "Nearer My God to Thee"