Being in a position of trust requires extraordinary super human skills.
The people who trust you are fragile.
They want your approval, they want to be understood, they want you to know how hard they are trying, especially when things aren’t going right.
When you are a leader, a boss, a teacher, a coach, a parent, or a grandparent you are no longer “allowed” to have normal human reactions.
You don’t get to snap at them, be irritated by them, yell at them, or exert your power on them without repercussions.
You don’t get to have a bad day when you are interacting with them.
President Trump is no longer “allowed” to be Donald Trump, who was a boss and a leader before on a smaller scale. Now that he is looked up to by the world, he needs to do better, care more, be more empathetic and less judgemental.
People rebel when he oversteps.
My children have taught me this over and over, as they are in many different situations where they are trusting others and I watch how they respond to the super humans and how they respond to the reactive humans.
They will run through brick walls and move mountains for the super humans.
They will shy away from, give attitude to, rebel against, disrespect, and slough off the others, even if it means doing it to their own detriment.
What we see as ignorance or disrespect is usually a function of something we have created with our own behaviour when we are the person in a position of trust.