Raising A Leader is Simple

Leaders are not born but made, and the training starts right at home from Mom and Dad. Kids have no inhibitions and it is important to develop those leadership skills from the time they start to speak with you. One of the most important tools of a leader is their body language. Eyes are the windows to the soul and using your eyes properly can make or break many life situations.

Teach kids to look at you when they speak to you, and this can be learned if you look at them when you do the same. With today’s technology of cell phones and i-pads, people have forgotten the meaning of real communication, which is to speak to one another and engage. Teaching kids to look at you or whosoever they are speaking will become a habit if you make it one. Never brush off the importance of eye contact. Imagine talking to the top of a head or a mop of hair!
People use eye contact to make determination and judgement on if they trust someone or not.
Children tend to look down or away when speaking, and especially if it is not the truth. By having them look at your when they speak you will be able to determine how much truth there is in the statements being made.

Practice daily. Have your child stand up in front of you or sit across the table and ask them how their day was. Younger kids can be asked to sing their favorite song or recite a poem looking at you.
Develop eye contact skills also develops confidence and the ability to engage with one another, which are important skills for public speaking, one’s social, professional and personal life.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

Arthur Ashe

At Genius Kids, public speaking is the key focus with all age groups. For some people making little eye contact is simply as a bad habit they’ve fallen into. Maybe their parents and teachers never taught them to look others in the eye when they were younger. At Genius Kids we focus on this important etiquette throughout the day.