What makes a child want to be a leader?

These survey results, reported in the Washington Post, raise some questions for those of us in the youth development business to contemplate. I look forward to reading more about the survey. The article made me wonder about us.

• When we were kids, did we aspire to be leaders when we grew up?
  
• Did we even think about leadership then?
• Or, were we already leaders, but without consciousness and sophistication?
• Are kids today turned off by responsibility, the style of leadership they see, the complexity of the problems in the world -- or have they just never considered the topic?
  
• Or, are they just not developmentally ready to contemplate leadership?

Read the article and tell me what you think.

Leaders of tomorrow reject role? - Washington Post- msnbc.com

A new nationwide survey of girls and boys found that a majority of children and youths in the United States have little or no interest with achieving leadership roles when they become adults, ranking "being a leader" behind other goals such as "fitting in," "making a lot of money" and "helping animals or the environment."