Does your child have a role model? Role models serve as an inspiration and encourage your child to aim high.
Does your child have a role model? When someone asks your child who her role model
is, does she just come up with a famous name on the spur of the moment
and give an answer that seems about right? The importance of having a role model
can never be underestimated. Yes, hero worship is healthy, and while
some never stop idolizing their heros, some stop after they enter
adulthood and others never really start.
Focus
Having a role model helps a child focus on her goal. For example, if your child's role model
is Barkha Dutt, she will naturally want to become a reporter for
television. With her career goal already clear in her mind, she will
start taking steps to achieve her goals. She will enroll in the
relevant courses, study hard, and will strive to gain the appropriate
work experience and land a great job.
Inspiration
A child with a role model is more likely to be inspired and driven to achieve her goals, than a child without one. Having a role model opens up our minds to possibilities we otherwise thought were far out of our reach. Without a role model,
we may never dare to dream big. Many successes have been averted just
because we didn't think we could be so successful. But if we had a role model, we wouldn't be quite unwilling to think big. Ask almost any successful person will have a role model who inspired him to reach the heights he has reached.
Coping with Adversity
There will be times in your child's life where it may seem like a
superhuman effort to get out there and try and achieve her dreams. It
is at these times that she needs to be inspired by someone who went
through the same struggles and made it. Temporary setbacks are a part
of life, and everyone goes through them. It is important that your child does not lose hope and keeps sight of the goal at the end. A role model helps give your child confidence that he can succeed, because it is likely that his role model also suffered setbacks and overcame them.
Encourage your child to choose a role model wisely.
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen
Although these names are not instantly recognizable by Indians, they
are almost a household name in the West. The twin sisters Mary Kate and
Ashley achieved tremendous success with their role as Michelle in the
popular television series Full House. That's right, the role of the
cute, youngest sister in this series was actually played by two girls
due to Labour Law restrictions, who were twins. When the serial ended
almost eight years later, everyone believed that the twins' time in the
spotlight was over, but this was far from the truth. After starring in
a few other television series, they went on to start their own clothing
line. They also launched a video game, a perfume, a makeup line, a
magazine, and a book series catering to teenagers. Today, the twins are
a billion dollar brand, and have not yet turned 21. They are the
richest twins in the world, and the youngest to have made it this big.
Name:
Janine
Country: ireland
i am not too sure about mary kate and ashley being great roles models - not with everything that has been written in the press recently about one of them having an eating disorder
Name:
G.M.D.
Country: India
how bout the bad role models? like the ones on tv that look like a twig? that gives little girls and teenagers, even adults a idea that they must look like that.that is not a good role model to others. it makes people go on bad diets and sometimes wind up with a desease.
Name:
priya
Country: India
i like this article
Name:
ellie mae
Country: united kingdom
i dont agree that mary kate and ashly are so good they wo1uld be botam list for me
Name:
Jeanne
Country: usa
children of all ages need positive guidance and competent role models. for very young children, parents and primary caregivers will most likely occupy these roles, and thats the way it should be.
Name:
ANGEL
Country: U.S.A.
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Sarah
Country: United Kingdom
i think paris hillton is a great role model she is so skinny and buitiful...and a lot of girls look up to her ..x
Name:
Angel
Country: U.S.A.
hannah montana is a good role model because she is confident, encouraging, but private and humble as well. she is confident that her music is good she doesn't need to dress in a disrepectful way to make her music sell. every song she sings has a powerful message and educates people to believe in themselves. last but not least she is very humble and on her show she doesn't want to be treated special because she's hannah montana, but just like everyone else. that is what makes her so likeable because she is down to earth. she is a great role model and everyone loves her!!!!
Name:
Caroline
Country: U.S.A.
they are good rolemodels, not so much of marykate but ashley (remember just because her sister went through that doesnt mean she did) ashley is succesful, and well shaped.
Name:
takkykumasang
Country: Malaysia
i think role models can be someone who is close to you...and, they maybe elder or younger than urself...and, yup...
i do think , role models can be anyone that you want to be, you can imitate their behaviour, but, never try to be them, cos u will never do that...
just try to put in some of ur special character then, u maybe even more successful than they are!!
that is my point of view..
and,
i dont think a young celebrity, like paris hilton can be a good role model,
cos...i think she has anything good for us to take...
Name:
ANGEL
Country: U.S.A.
Name:
ANGEL
Country: U.S.A.
Name:
ANGEL
Country: U.S.A.
Name:
mila
Country: India
i want to know about a perfect role model like business people it helps to improve our career
Name:
giselle
Country: U.S.A.
um i say a fire fighter :]
Name:
pradeep
Country: India
i want some morerolemodels
Name:
pradeep
Country: India
it's nice article.
Name:
nikki
Country: U.S.A.
i think the jonas brothers are great role models. they right good music and wear purity rings!! they are down to earth and they care about the environment!!
Name:
Miley Fan
Country: U.S.A.
miley cyrus/hannah montana is probably the best teen roel model right now. she is very down to earth, kind, and she even said herself that brittany spears is not a good person because of what she did. and i know miley will never become the next brittany spears.
Name:
Rita
Country: U.S.A.
i don't think any of these people are role models, a real role model, would be bill gates!!!!! hello, richest man alive, invented microsoft! duh?!
Name:
takkykumasang
Country: Malaysia
correcton!!!
yup, typing error...!!
sorry ~!!
cos...i "dont" think she has anything good for us to take...
Name:
MaryJane
Country: U.S.A.
i think to have put mary-kate & ashley olsen in there was not a very smart move. yes they created an empire by working hard & not from mommy & daddy. however, for a young girl to look up to them, they are bound to see they lifestyle they are currently living. partying much more then any one person should be partying & having an eating disorder. a role model should be a well rounded person. and that doesn't necessarily included being richly successful.
Name:
zenia
Country: India
i think role models are the persons who cud make our life by motivating us by their thoughts and they sets a aim ffor us to achieve
Name:
Steven
Country: Liberia
a good role model is a person who tells, or influences you to make a right choice in life.
Name:
zoeyiie x
Country: Other
i fink datdis is a fab artical as it tells u who nd y peps r gd role models
