I have a male chief. My son's game has a female.

I just upgraded to leadership level 2. How do I make the Chief "educate" the children?

Just drop the Chief on one of the children. They'll all come running to hear him lecture from the podium in the amphitheatre. Who knows? They might even learn something.

I had a male chief he lived for ages then i just got new female chief at 12 years of age.

yes, female chiefs will breed and they can make magic food while nursing. its kinda cool, she raises her arms to make the food and the babe just kinda dangles there at chest level. haha. female chiefs very, very big magic!

About child chiefs.. even if you have level 2 leadership they will not "teach" the other children until the chief is 14. I've only got one tribe on the go.. on my second chief. Both of my chiefs got the job at age 6 (weird eh?) and would not lecture the kids til they were 14.

I don't know if this is concider a spoiler or help. As anybody notice the real use for the chief? If you place the chief at any of the working spots, he will automatically direct work. While he does that the villagers if untrain will learn faster and the work will be done faster which mean they get less distracted. Also in the lab the tech points will raise faster. So dear friends start making use of your chiefs they have a lot of use if pay close attention. Also they will direct the job for a long time if there is no sick villager or anything on the way and then he will get back to directing.

i have a 17 y/o that wont teach yet!
so i think that would be 18 before they teach
but they will lecture the tribe if you take them to the door as someone mentioned

The chief won't teach til he's 18 (at least that's how it was for both of my chiefs)