Society these days are filled with hate,
             discrimination, and violence that has affected chlidren. The confusion of what is right and wrong can be imposed onto a childs set of morals. When a child has someone older to look up to he/she is able to take in positive values from the responsible role model. The child can properly informed on decisions they should make in their own life. Good role models hold a high importance in a childs mature times so that they can learn the difference between good and bad and begin to practice a positive and healthy life style.
             While growing up, a child may be around good people, but they do things that they should not 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. With the expouser of a positive influence, there is still hope that the child can learn smoking is bad and that they will not start. He/she can learn, through their mentor, positive and goals to work for when they are older. Also by the beginning to lead a healthy lifestyle, they are more likely to set a good example for their own children later on in their life. Surviving in the home and learning a healthy family life style is more difficult now than before.
             In many homes both parents work and the time they have to spend with their children is liited. Before, when women used to stay at home, they were able to teach their children the cultural views and religion that particular family followed. Children now did not learn manners that their grandparents may have learned and Ms. Manner, an author of an article in the New York Times, would be disappointed in today's kids' manners. If the role model happens to be a celebrity often the child wishes to be just like them.
             If the 'star' advertises alcohol, cigarets, drugs, etc, then the child will believe that those things are not as bad as some others thi
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