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Entrepreneurs running family businesses hire their parents as consultants or employees for a variety of reasons:
- The heir to the family business works out a consulting arrangement with a parent so the child can assume the helm while the parent provides occasional counsel.
- Entrepreneurs looking for reliable assistance tap into the reasonably priced knowledge and dedication of parents who act either as consultants or as trusted employees.
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