Ask Your Mother
IllustrationStory★★★★A LITTLE boy watched his dad leave for a business trip and figured that he was now in charge. He had two sisters, so he announced to them after his father left that he was now the head of the family.
That night at dinner, he decided to sit in his dad’s chair. His mother was impressed. The little boy was really trying to take over. She gave him permission to sit in his dad’s chair at the table.
Well, his sisters didn’t like that one bit. They reminded the boy that he was not the father and that he really didn’t know what he was doing anyway. One of his sisters decided to corner her brother. “If you are going to take Dad’s place, then we’ll present you with a family problem.”
She manufactured a family problem and then asked him what he would do about it. The boy thought for a minute and then said, “I’m gonna do what Dad would do.
Ask your mother.” Today we’re living in a world of boys, in particular, who have become feminized.
The point
A boy assumes leadership when his father leaves; when his sisters test his authority with a family problem, he wisely defers to his mother—illustrating the importance of humility in leadership.