Well, we met them saying it, we are still hearing it and they will still continue to say it, you want to know the saying right....Children are the leaders of tomorrow. Thats it, but what happens when no one teaches these children leadership?
Looking around, there are a lot of kids, children who are really dreaming big, children who don't really bother about anything, while most of them are thr ones who trying to figure out life with on their own or with very little help, no compass to show them which and what way/direction to go. The compass needed by them are the parents and society, just like the arms if government that helps build/run a nation, so also does children needs this arms.
Back then, no matter how tired my dad is, he would still return home to sit with us and ask what we've learnt in school, he would also ask whatever has transpired or we witnessed in school or at home and ask what we learn from it. There sre time's that I don't have words to say, but he wouldn't shout or talk down on me, all of those are his ways of teaching us leadership, training us ahead.
That is why I am friendly, outspoken and all, i have a bit of almost everything, I learnt it all from my dad, he helped shaped me, he taught me that my voice mattered. Parents don't just need to be rich and providing, there's the place of availability too, parents need to be available and present in their children's life.
Today, what is really teaching and shaping this kids is the Internet, parent's are absent in their kids life, a child is not just meant to learn from what they see you say but also from what you do. If you should lie, and you bottle it up for them as wisdom be sure they wouldn't see anything wrong in doing same, if you never sllow them talk and always shut them down then be sure to know you are killing their voice, and even when it matters, they won't speak up.
And yes, parents alone can’t build leaders, the society has a great role to play too, children walk on the streets everyday, they here various odd and good language, they go to school, go to religious centers and all. They need to be taught and shown things that would shape them into a good individual in the society. The teacher nurture and not destroy with his/her words, the neighbors should show love, care, concern and all, the various religious centers shouldn't just preach the great beyond but also teach empathy/humanity.
We are either one of the two, either builders or destroyers of tomorrows future. We should believe in this kids, we shouldn't glorify fraudsters while mocking those living honestly, we should invest and care for them, that way we are also helping ourselves, our future and the society as a whole.
We need to start nurturing potentials, we say this kids are the future yet we keep damaging their present. They need room to grow, they need to learn, they need to fail too, we should stop mocking them, we should stop denying them of dreaming big, leadership is not just about holding a great position, speaking publicly and all, leadership is about character, courage, and compassion.
I have hawked on the streets before too, no one really sees us, and those who even did treat's us as if we were trash and do not amount to anything, the day a man got to know I was educated, he was shocked,....what am saying is, people most times see this kids as being worthless, nobody speaks for them, everyone ignore them. Every child is a seed, if we nurture them they will bloom, if we neglect them they will wither away, its left for us.
Children are indeed the leaders of tomorrow, we(parents) are their roots and the society is the soil, we need to cater, love, guide, and nurture them so as to have great leaders in the nearest future.
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