 The Importance of Role Models
Having a role model is healthy and helps serve as an inspiration to
a child. Importance of role models in your child’s life is that they can
help your child aim high and work to achieve goals. But it is important
that your child choose a good role model, a person who has overcome adversity
in their own life and achieved things. A role model does not have to be
someone famous. It could be a Little League Coach, a grandparent, teacher,
or neighbor. Often a person who actually interacts with a child makes a
better role model than a sports or movie star. A role model can have a
positive impact upon a child's life in various ways.
Importance of role models for your child:
Selection of a good role model would help your child to grow in
following traits:
1. Work
Having a role model can give a child focus in their lives and something to
work towards. Often a role model has a character trait or job that your
child desires to have. Because of the role model's example your child is
more likely to work to achieve her goals.
2. Inspiration
A role model can inspire a child to dream big. Often circumstances make
dreams seem impossible. A child who has no role model cannot imagine
overcoming. A child whose role model has achieved can inspire a child to
work harder and achieve their dreams. Those who often find success do so
because they had a role model who spurred them on to great things.
3. Overcoming
There are setbacks in every person's life. Knowing that someone else has
overcome and achieved will help your child during the hard times. They
can look at their role model and realize that at one point they were a
child and faced adversity. Yet they were able to achieve their goals.
This will help give your child the strength to overcome.
4. Habits
Having a role model can help a child develop good habits. If your child has
a desire to succeed and become like their role model they will develop those
habits necessary to achieve that goal. They are also more likely to stay
away from harmful things like drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and other things that
will hinder their goal.
5. Self-esteem
Doctors Yancey, Siegel, and McDaniel have found that teenagers who have a good
role model have higher self-esteem. They believe that they can achieve and are
more confident in their abilities. They are also more likely to be successful
in school.
About the Author:
The article has been written by Teresa – a mother of 3 beautiful children.
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