I often joke that my children will one day run the world, which is precisely why they’re so hard to raise. The confidence, focus and determination with which children often approach the world is one of the most inspiring—and sometimes frustrating—parts of parenting. As parents, we are tasked with raising the next generation of leaders, with igniting their passion for service, instilling them with self-assurance and teaching them the importance of compassion and humility. Whether they grow up to lead governments, businesses, classrooms or families of their own, the leadership skills our children learn when they are young are ones that will serve them in every aspect of their lives.
“Leadership can play a fundamental role in a child’s social-emotional development,” says Leigh Rust, Psy.D., a psychologist at the New View
