Raising Young Leaders: If you Don' Shape Their Leadership, Who Will? pt 2

Raising Young Leaders: If you Don' Shape Their Leadership, Who Will? pt 2

From Brain Based Parenting by Cal Farley's

April 21, 2026 · 25 min

About this episode

The episode discusses how to nurture leadership skills in children through brain-based parenting techniques.

Send us Fan Mail Kids don’t wake up one day and magically know how to lead. They practice leadership in the messy places first: the toddler who insists on doing it “my way,” the grade-schooler who wants to run the game, the teen who’s testing independence while still needing structure. We dig into what healthy leadership looks like at different ages and how brain-based parenting helps us guide that drive without turning every moment into a power struggle. We spend time on skills that m...

People in this episode

Host: Cal Farley

Topics covered

  • leadership
  • parenting
  • child development
  • brain-based parenting
  • power struggles
  • independence

Keywords

  • leadership
  • parenting
  • child development
  • brain-based parenting
  • power struggles
  • independence
  • toddler
  • grade-schooler
  • teen

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