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# Children follow example more than command. Kids...
> Children follow example more than command. Kids who watch the adults around them write, draw, sing, study, and build in their spare time tend to do the same, while heavy-handed control breeds resentment. Leadership in a household grows from respect given freely and from a life worth imitating.
**Source:** [[livestreams/The Trojan Horse in the Living Room — Television, Normalcy Bias, and the Royal Brag - Workbook|The Trojan Horse in the Living Room — Television, Normalcy Bias, and the Royal Brag]]
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“Children follow example more than command. Kids who watch the adults around them write, draw, sing, study, and build in their spare time tend to do the same, while heavy-handed control breeds resentment. Leadership in a household grows from respect given freely and from a life worth imitating.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-children-follow-example-life-worth-imitating
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