#49 | Your Children Are Not the Future with Leah Ellis
From Fulfillment Project by Fulfillment Project with: Andy Leonard
March 11, 2026 · 57 min · Season 2 · Episode 49
About this episode
Leah K. Ellis discusses the importance of agency over achievement in children's development and how entrepreneurship can empower them.
• Society of Child Entrepreneurs: https://soceict.org • Learn more about The Fulfillment Project podcast: https://fulfillmentproject.substack.com/ What if the biggest thing holding kids back… is adults? In this episode of The Fulfillment Project, Andy Leonard sits down with Leah K. Ellis, founder of the Society of Child Entrepreneurs, to explore why agency, not achievement, may be the most important skill we can give children. Leah shares powerful real‑world stories of kids as young as 4–10 years old launching real businesses, solving community problems, speaking at city council meetings, and learning resilience through failure. Not by being managed, but by being trusted. This conversation challenges everything we assume about parenting, leadership, and education in a rapidly changing world shaped by AI, automation, and constant disruption. In this episode, you’ll learn: • Why “children are the future” might be quietly robbing kids of agency • How entrepreneurship builds confidence, resilience, and problem‑solving skills • The parenting shift from manager → guide (and why it matters)• How asking one word—“How?”—changes everything • Why failure is fuel when kids are allowed to own…
People in this episode
Host: Andy Leonard
Guest: Leah K. Ellis
Topics covered
- children's agency
- entrepreneurship
- parenting
- education
- leadership
Keywords
- resilience
- problem-solving
- failure
- autonomy
- AI
- automation
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Society of Child Entrepreneurs
Books & works: Raising Leaders: Why Kids Don’t Have to Wait
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