Bill Gates’ wise parenting advice based on his own experience: “Remain calm and always predictable”

Bill Gates is one of the most important business figures in the world with his Microsoft company becoming the world’s leading software company, and its Windows operating system became the dominant one on personal computers globally.

Since stepping aside from the day-to-day at Microsoft, Gates has dedicated his time to his Gates Foundation which is one of the largest and most influential private foundations globally, focusing on improving health, reducing poverty, and enhancing education worldwide with his philanthropic having made a significant impact on global issues.

Speaking to CNBC recently, the 69-year-old offered some advice on parenting with the Seattle native claiming that his upbringing was instrumental in his subsequent success.

Love & Logic

Speaking on his father, William Gates, Bill claimed: “It was clear [to me] the world was a place that he had under control,” Gates says. His father always made an effort to remain “calm and always predictable,” even when his children were struggling or acting out, he adds.

“He was never panicked,” says Gates. “He never had to show emotion or use emotion against me, even when I was being incredibly obstreperous.”

Rather than overreacting by raising his voice or inflicting harsh punishments, Gates’ father “would always use reason and thoughtfulness and calmness,” Gates says.

Gates Sr. believed in “having clear rules, enforcing them in a clear, predictable way, with the minimum amount of emotion,” Gates says, which is the essence of the “Love and Logic” philosophy first popularized in the 1970s by creators Foster Cline, a child psychiatrist, and Jim Fay, an educator.

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