Leadership skills can be learned and developed. They include the necessary qualities to guide an individual or group from one point or task to another. Leaders will use their personal knowledge, skills and influence to establish necessary relationships with people and help others meet their goals. Now, how can you relate these qualities to your child and help him or her to become an effective leader? Did you ever think about encouraging them to participate in your county’s local 4-H program?

Consider this: 3,500, 518,000, 60 million & 6 million. Those are some large numbers but what exactly do they represent? 4-H.org states that there are 3,500 staff members, 518,000 volunteers (much like myself) and 60 million alumni members working with 6 million 4-Her’s all across the United States, Puerto Rico and 80 plus countries around the world, to increase one specific thing – leadership skills among today’s youth.

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