Molding a Child Into a Leader

Molding a Child Into a Leader

21 ינו׳ 2021
Children these days are turning into stars and leaders, and seemingly being raised on stage to become the best at singing or dancing. Thousands watch them, including their parents, who witness all the praise being given by the public. We got this letter: “Healthy competition leads to success, leadership, and good outcomes. Being a namby-pamby is never a good thing. We are told that competition can be held in things like love and closeness. Love, closeness, and empathy are false ideals. I want to be better - so I shall be; more successful - so I will. Winning leads to self-confidence, life-assurance, and it generates further success. We need leadership skills or an inclination to be a winner. Only a weed grows by itself! We must grow a harvest and overpower the weed, only through leadership, only by winning do we succeed; it’s survival of the fittest.” This only works among the weeds, we do not refer to people as such. In the end, the person needs to come out the winner over himself and not over others. What is important is that the person needs to reach a view of his inner self, and the way he should act in contrast to it on the outside. In the end, there is nothing positive about children competing to see who has the best voice or who is the best dancer, before thousands of viewers. By placing children into such situations, we merely get them used to being above the rest, being stronger than them, outcompeting them, and rejoicing in their victory. However, when all is said and done, we will realize that this is not what makes a winner in life. Only an individual victory over oneself—this is where one should be a winner.