How to Get a First Rate Leadership Education

By: Kayley Kenzie.

When children receive leadership education, they are taught how to think and how to be leaders. They learn to lead at home, in their community, in business, and in government.

Does this sound like the kind of education you'd like your child to benefit from? I know I want my children to think outside the box.

Throughout history, the greatest thinkers and leaders have been taught using a mentors and tutors in their homes.

As their education progresses, they would move on to prep schools and study the classics continuing a mentor approach.

Ultimately, it is the mentor system that develops leaders. Sadly, the leaders that we usually think of in America are trained to be professionals and specialists, not true leaders.

Today, our nation is mostly filled with people who would rather be followers. They either ignore or don't even notice the system's problems. If the next generation is going to be any better than this one, we need to teach our children to be great leaders who can make a difference.

Four important keys make up leadership education: Mentoring, classics, and time.

Students need enough time to learn, and that means they need structure. For example, an older student may need at least 5 hours of learning a day for 5 days a week.

This allows ample time for your child to study and read. Younger children won't need quite as much time.

We are going to combine mentoring and the classics. Leadership education consists of discussing the classics with mentors, which is part of learning how to think.

It is essential for the mentor to read the classic that the student is reading. Both student and teacher should keep a reading journal by writing about key ideas.

Perhaps you decide to spend the first hour on a math lesson, then spend some time free reading, experimenting, and studying. The final hour can be about writing or having a discussion with the mentor.

For centuries, this type of learning has been the means for acquiring knowledge and skills needed for leaders.

Leadership education encourages you to find a mentor your children can read the classics with. Most of us can probably say that we are familiar with history and literature classics, but there are classics that pertain to all subjects.

There are even classics in science, such as Newton's Principia Mathematics. I wouldn't suggest starting out with this, but when the time comes to read a mathematic classic, try it out.

Leadership education will teach your child how to think well. If you plan on being your child's mentor, you must make sure that you are a great learner and thinker.

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