In today’s world society is filled with more violence, hate and crime. The confusion of what is right and wrong can be inflicted onto a child’s set of morals. When a child has someone older to look up to he/she is able to take in and learn positive values from a responsible role model. The child can be properly informed on decisions they should make in there life. A good role model holds a high importance in a child’s growing times so that they can learn the difference between good and bad and begin to practice a While growing up, a child may be around good people, but that do things that they shouldn’t do. A child who has been raised by smokers may have a better chance of starting to smoke then one that has been always taught the harm of it.
But with the exposure of a positive influence, there is still hope that the child can learn better, such that smoking is bad and that they won’t start. He/she can learn through their mentor postive ideas giving them a higher self-esteem, confidence, and goals to work for when they are older. Also by beginning to lead a healthy lifestyle, they are more likely to set a good example for children later on in their life. Surviving in the home and learning a healthy family life style is more difficult now then before. In many homes both parents work and the time they have now to spend with their children is limited. Before when women used to stay at home, they were able to teach their children the cultural view’s and religon that particular family followed. Children now don’t learn manners that their grandparents may have learned and Ms. Manner, an author of an article in the paper, would be dissapointed in today’s kids manners.
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Internet affect today’s children in both for good and for bad. It affect them in a good way, like affecting their mental ability, because, it helps them in researching homeworks and projects or reports..and that makes them get higher scores or points at class…and it makes them smart too, and makes them wise too, because there are lots of difficult and uneasy ways to use computer, that ...
If the role model happens to be a celebrity often the child wishes to be just like them. If the ‘star’ advertises alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, etc…, then the child will believe that those things are not as bad as some others think they are. They may get on the wrong track that it is okay to steal and do things for pleasure when in reality it is only hurting themselves pyshically and mentally. Its important for celebrities to stay on the correct path and set examples for young fans. If one admires a particular basketball player they are likely to go out and shoot hoops rather than going out and causing trouble. Today, children do not need a Dennis Rodman figure as an exotic character with a criminal record, but more of a Tiger Woods because he challenged himself in pursuing a career in a sport that was usually considered a “white sport”. He shows pride and prestige in his accomplishments.
It shows them leadership and to set out to acheive positive goals. A Dennis Rodman figure is not needed because children are not as well behaved as they used to be and need to be shown a more moral tradition. In the past children had a more strict enviroment and disciplinary code. Its amazing how children pick a person to look up to, and at times the ‘role model’ does not even know they are being looked upon and imitated. So when they are not doing the right things, they are sending a negative message without even knowing they are hurting the child’s morals. It is very important that role models portray htemselves to children as good people who go far in life without doing the wrong things.
Through the correct role model, the child hopefully will have the chance to develop responsibility and morals that will last them a life time, despite the corruption existing in
