I would say that children need adults to be responsible leaders. For example, my son has a developmental disability which means things must be done just so for him to feel comfortable. Yesterday, we wanted to meet up with my wife who was at the beach. He goes with me on the weekend to help him with his errands etc. So we went to her sports brella but she was swimming. So he wanted to go to the usual place he gets his fish and chips at another nearby place and also where he usually swims. So we left and went to that place. Then my wife called that where were we? So i said we will be back. So finally, once he got his food, I drove us back to meet my wife (instead of having him swim in his usual place). I was I believe using leadership so we could be together as a family and taking the chance that he would be okay with swimming at the other beach, and it worked out.
