{"id":2231,"date":"2020-03-10T07:36:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T12:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2020-03-05T12:48:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T18:48:31","slug":"working-parents-are-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/2020\/03\/10\/working-parents-are-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Parents are Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Raising the next generation has always been a group project that involves not just parents but also grandparents, aunts and uncles, siblings, and the larger community.\u00a0 But today\u2019s working parents find themselves increasingly isolated from the support systems they need. And although working fathers and mothers too often feel overwhelmed, isolated, and somehow to blame for the difficulties they encounter in trying to manage it all, this is a large-scale problem for all of us, whether or not we have children of our own. Society depends, of course, on the next generation and it is incumbent on all of us to ensure that all American children have what they need so that they can grow up to be strong and healthy stewards of our planet and our institutions. Raising children is not merely a vanity project \u2013 it is our<\/em> project.<\/p>\n

But what are we, as a society, doing to help young parents to rear the next generation? Far, far too little.\u00a0 While we struggle to produce necessary structural changes in social policy to provide real support for working families, those in the trenches need help now.\u00a0 Parents in today’s fast-paced, disorienting world can easily lose track of who they are and what really matters most. But it doesn’t have to be this way. \u00a0\u00a0Working parents can learn how to harness the powerful science of leadership in order to thrive in all aspects of life.<\/p>\n

In our new book released today, Parents Who Lead<\/em><\/a>, we draw on the principles of Total Leadership<\/em><\/a> \u2013 a bestseller and popular leadership development program used in organizations worldwide \u2013 and on our experience as researchers, educators, consultants, coaches, and parents, to bring the science of leadership to the art of parenting. We offer a robust, proven method that helps working parents gain a greater sense of purpose and control. The book includes tools illustrated with compelling examples from the lives of real working parents that show you, as a working parent, how to:<\/p>\n