Follow the Leader

"It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse." Adlai Stevenson

When we were raising our kids, their dad would sometimes say that parenting is an art, not a science. And isn't that the truth? When it comes to moms and dads, you have the nursers, the bottle feeders, the stay-at-homes, the work-from-homes, the screamers, the spankers, the negotiators, on and on it goes. As a parent, you must be a confident leader. You understand that you are the mother, and you behave like one. Your attitude and demeanor go a long way in setting the tone in your home and in your family. Please, feel free to read all the books and get all the advice and participate in all the discussions on parenting. But first and foremost have the confidence to know that these are your children and you have what it takes to lead them to adulthood. Then begin to do that.

Everything does really rise and fall on leadership. It's not being cocky or arrogant or thinking the people you lead are stupid. It's all about the confidence. In who you are and in what you intend to do.

Susan