Parents Teach Your Kids Leadership Skills!

Recently I was interviewed about bullying in our public schools, and the television interviewer asked me how writing a book on leadership for teens qualified me to speak on bullying. I told her that that was really quite simple because once kids learn how to become good leaders, they no longer have any interest in trying to make themselves feel better through making other kids feel worse. Good leaders don’t bully. Period!

In the wake of our recent national tragedies of Orlando, San Bernardino, Sandy Hook and countless other examples of cruelty and violence that our kids are facing today, which is causing them to wonder if our great big world is a friendly one or a cruel one, I’d say that teaching our kids leadership skills is more important than ever, wouldn’t you?

Good leaders lift others up. Good leaders don’t tear others down. Good leaders encourage and praise others, even those who they may not entirely agree with or understand. Good leaders don’t attack others physically or verbally. Cruelty and bullying are just not in the DNA of a good leader.

This world would be a much better place if we all taught our kids how to be good leaders. We CAN teach our kids how to be good leaders. But, that teaching part begins and ends with everyone one of us as parents. If we all took the time and effort to teach our own children how to be good leaders, this world would change drastically, and it would be a lot less violent and cruel. Heck, if only half of us took the time and effort to teach our kids how to be good leaders, the world would change drastically and be a lot less violent and cruel.

Now, as my Granddaddy always said, “Go learn, lead, and lay the way to a better world for all of us.” Always remember how important it is to teach your children leadership skills because good leaders don’t tear down others. And once again parents, thanks in advance for all that you do, and all that you will do…