LIFE LESSONS
This former CIA intelligence officer worried most about not always being around to protect his children. So when they were 5 he began teaching them the basics of self-defense.
Ryan Hillsberg is the co-author, with Christina Hillsberg, of LICENSE TO PARENT: How My Career As a Spy Helped Me Raise Resourceful, Self-Sufficient Kids. Both are former CIA intelligence officers who later transitioned to the private sector. They live near Seattle, Washington, with their five children and two Rhodesian Ridgebacks.