A Good Leader (Parent) Knows When to Lead and When to Get Out of the Way (Serve - Support by Influence )

When to Lead (Parent) and When to Get Out of the Way (Serve – Support by Influence)

When to Lead (Parent):

1.       When introducing the projects (life’s) vision (purpose).

2.       When leadership (children) think they cannot lead, teach them they can.

3.       When opposition comes into the project (family); lead by exuding perseverance, optimism, and trust in your leadership (parenting), and goal (living in the will of God).

4.       Always with confidence in your leadership’s (parenting – trust in God’s direction) abilities of accomplishing the project (life’s) goal (child’s adulthood) by encouraging their efforts and revealing accomplishments when they arrive.

 

 

When to Get Out of the Way (Serve – Support by Influence):

1.       When the vision (purpose) has been grasped (understood by the child).

2.       When the leadership (children) naturally lead others to follow the projected (life’s) goal (purpose).

3.       When opposition (family strife or outside conflicts) come, wait to see how the leadership (children) try to solve (react) to the problem at hand; only interjecting open ended questions aimed toward the project’s (life’s) goals (purpose).

4.       When the goal (purpose) is being accomplished (adulthood – life honoring God).

 

*This, as with all my writings, has biblical worldview attached to it; to aide of the family unit with the purpose of a life honoring God.

 Thank you for taking the time to read my contemplations.

With Much Joy,
©Darla J. Smith
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