Role Models In Today's Youth

When you listen to the terms “role model”, who do you think of? When I listen to it a sequence of artists, sportsmen and politicians appear in my go. Is this the way children nowadays have been programmed by the T.V. and the radio? What has happened to time when you could ask the kids who their true role model was and the would respond, “mom and dad”? This is the coldblooded reality of life nowadays. Role models as the words suggests are individuals who differentiate themselves in such a way that others appreciate and want to replicate them. Sadly, kids of the current generation are not being able to comprehend the meaning of a role model. Today, things continue getting from terrible to more regrettable, first of all, children choose the wrong role models and secondly a celebrity culture has emerged towards the end of the twentieth century, that has developed a new consumer society. Entertainers and sportsmen often become celebrities fortunately or unfortunately and are followed with deaf ears by their

Certain celebrities set some incredible examples for the children to make progress towards the best and most out of lives. But like a coin has two sides, even the influence that the celebrities have on today’s youth, are both positive and negative. For example, they shape the way the youngsters think just by what they are wearing. Some of the children tend to even develop various materialistic qualities. Certain kids at times believe that because their idol is an entertainer or a sportsman, they need to pursue a similar career. (Charles Barkley,2010). Despite the fact that not each big name would make for a decent or a good example, however, to say that each celebrity is not would be a lie. Awful celebrity impacts can likewise be just great as it can show you what is not right and what you ought to keep away from as you grow