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Many things are involved in showing leadership as a parent.
They also relates to the jobs that a parent should or should not accept or the responsibilities that they should not accept and these are also a part of leadership. Leadership does not mean doing everything that's dumped on the person.
Thus, a parent should refuse to accept blame for things that are not their fault and they should assign blame where it belongs and then they should do what is necessary in order to get the problem straightened out.
Many parents don't realize this important issue. Some parents wrongly feel that they have to accept everything that is dumped on them by their children or by society and that it is their responsibility as parents to deal with these things.
That is wrong.
A parent who accepts things that are good in society and rejects the negative aspects of society is showing leadership.
A parent who helps his child stand on his own two feet is showing leadership and showing the child how to exhibit leadership.
On the other hand, a parent who does all the dirty work for the child and who does not let the child grow up properly and stand on his own two feet is not helping the child. That parent reducing the opportunities that the child has to learn how to function in today's world. That parent is not showing proper leadership and the child is going to suffer because of this lack of leadership. A good parent will help the child make the right decisions and will lead the child to do the right thing, but ultimately the child himself is the one who should be doing the things and not the parents. The child has to learn to accept responsibilities and the child has to learn how to carry out his responsibilities and the child then has to accept the penalties and the results of misdoing if the child does not carry out the responsibilities properly. Of course, the child has to be given responsibilities that are appropriate to his age and level of development and society, but within these constraints the child should be the one who has to answer for things that are done right or wrong.
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