Leader or bully - A look at parenting power

We'd all like to be good leaders for our children, and we'd like to teach good leadership qualities to them. Opportunities for leadership crop up in all walks of life--from team captain to office boss. There are many qualities that make a leader and many more that make a great leader. And where our children are concerned, what better way to teach them than leading by example? Yet being a parent automatically puts us in a position of great power and can easily become a setting for bullying. In turn, this can set the stage for our older children to learn habits of domineering behaviour toward their...

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"It's very well-written and could be of great interest to our readers. This could be a great way to help parents make the connection between their parenting style and their own little tyrant-in-training. :-) I'd enjoy working with you to bring this article to our Oak Meadow community and the wider educational and homeschooling circles. I'm so happy to have your great article included in this issue of Living Education. It was a pleasure working with you."

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Leader or bully?

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We’d all like our children to be leaders, to think they are leader-material. The race for leadership crops up in all walks of academic life, from class president to magazine editorial board. There are many qualities that make a leader and many more that make a great leader.

At the same time, none of us wants our child to be a bully. Yet academic life is the most common setting for bullying. Just as there is a thin line of distinction between confidence and arrogance, humility and subservience, genius and madness; there is just a thin line separating leadership from bullying. ‘Kids don’t suddenly...

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Words from the Wise

"It's very well-written and could be of great interest to our readers. This could be a great way to help parents make the connection between their parenting style and their own little tyrant-in-training. :-) I'd enjoy working with you to bring this article to our Oak Meadow community and the wider educational and homeschooling circles. I'm so happy to have your piece included in this issue of Living Education."

DeeDee Hughes

Director of Curriculum Development

Living Education

"It's a great piece"

Chris Jones

Editor-at-Large

Fredericksburg Parent & Family Magazine

"It looks like a solid piece"

Carolyn Tat

Editor in Chief

Kids On The Coast

"I loved your article and would love to have it featured in (an) upcoming issue."

Susan Koppel

ex-Editor

Today's Child Magazine

"It has some good things to say"

Sherri Langton

Associate Editor

Bible Advocate / Now What?

"It is good"

Kristyn Komarnicki

Editor

Prism Magazine

"Really like it and will definitely include it"

James Cole

Group Editor

Family And Parenting

"The article looks good"

Melody Tan

Associate Editor

Signs Of The Times

"I would love to use this story in our (future) issue."

Brittany Morgan

ex-Editor

Hudson Valley Parent

"The subject matter is great"

Christina Elston

Editor

Los Angeles Parent

Is your child a leader or a bully? (Learn to recognise the signs)

We’d all like our children to be leaders, to think they are leader-material. The race for leadership crops up in all walks of academic life, from class president to magazine editorial board. There are many qualities that make a leader and many more that make a great leader.

At the same time, none of us wants our child to be a bully. Yet academic life is the most common setting for bullying. Just as there is a thin line of distinction between confidence and arrogance, humility and subservience, genius and madness; there is just a thin line separating leadership from bullying. ‘Kids don’t suddenly...

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Words from the Wise

"I loved your article and would love to have it featured in (an) upcoming issue."

Susan Koppel

ex-Editor

Today's Child Magazine

"It has some good things to say"

Sherri Langton

Associate Editor

Bible Advocate / Now What?

"It is good"

Kristyn Komarnicki

Editor

Prism Magazine

"Really like it and will definitely include it"

James Cole

Group Editor

Family And Parenting

"The article looks good"

Melody Tan

Associate Editor

Signs Of The Times

"I would love to use this story in our (future) issue."

Brittany Morgan

ex-Editor

Hudson Valley Parent

"The subject matter is great"

Christina Elston

Editor

Los Angeles Parent

Is your child a bully?

We’d all like our children to be leaders, to think they are leader-material. The race for leadership crops up in all walks of academic life, from class president to magazine editorial board. There are many qualities that make a leader and many more that make a great leader.

At the same time, none of us wants our child to be a bully. Yet academic life is the most common setting for bullying. Just as there is a thin line of distinction between confidence and arrogance, humility and subservience, genius and madness; there is just a thin line separating leadership from bullying. ‘Kids don’t suddenly...

Read the full article in the June 2014 issue of Signs Of The Times


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Words from the Wise

"I loved your article and would love to have it featured in (an) upcoming issue."

Susan Koppel

ex-Editor

Today's Child Magazine

"It has some good things to say"

Sherri Langton

Associate Editor

Bible Advocate / Now What?

"It is good"

Kristyn Komarnicki

Editor

Prism Magazine

"Really like it and will definitely include it"

James Cole

Group Editor

Family And Parenting

"The article looks good"

Melody Tan

Associate Editor

Signs Of The Times

"I would love to use this story in our (future) issue."

Brittany Morgan

ex-Editor

Hudson Valley Parent

"The subject matter is great"

Christina Elston

Editor

Los Angeles Parent