If your kids are anything like mine, then “struggling” is not at ALL what they would describe as a gift: Lego, iPad apps, gum and sour keys, now we’re talking. 

Of course like so many things with parenting children, is the “gift” that truly emerges isn’t what they think it will be. 

For example, if you think in your own lives, how does it feel when you have been training for your goal this year like running a marathon, cycling the Fondo, mastering headstand in yoga, completing a course you have been slogging away at, or even quitting a nasty habit (you know the one)? Likely you feel proud, strong, accomplished, maybe even a little cocky… I know I would be hard pressed to deny teasing my closest friend as we run together (one in particular who’s name rhymes with “new”). 

Essentially, after working hard at something, no matter if it’s physical or mental one tends to feel encouraged from the inside out during the process as well at the finish. 

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Without making a giant “PC” blunder and risking offending any one ethnicity, different countries are ruled, lead or perhaps left to their own devices, in their own unique way. Some countries are riddled with anarchy, hostility, laissez faire attitudes, impoverished, or are down right dangerous places to live.

Or? They are cohesive, unified, successful flourishing pieces of the planet.

This entry is not about depicting the political landscapes of today or why or why not those countries are thriving or not thriving. Rather, the parallel that I am making is how leadership style directly impacts the population.

So you, the parent(s) are the leader(s), oh, tangent, how good would it be though to have 2 equal top leaders for every country, male/female. Yes I am aware, I am now making a real PC blunder here, I am slanting this towards the conventional relationship being a heterosexual one, this is not my intention, the reference was only to highlight the potential to have a man and a woman lead the country or world, just saying…

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