Developing Others

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The Emotional Intelligence Social Skill sub domain related to sensing others’ development needs and bolstering their abilities. This is closely related to the Marine Corps Parenting Principles of Training your Family as a Team and Deploy your Family in accordance with its capabilities.

The Emotionally intelligent can develop whatever naturally generated interest her children and husband display without forcing her own agenda down their throat. Rather, she finds a way to clear obstacles and distractions to her children’s development. Most of all she raises her children to be Caring and Loving, whether they chose to be wives and mothers or husbands and fathers is up to them. If she finds her husband has a particular strength she helps clear the way for him to develop that strength without issuing destructive mandates or ultimatums.

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