athletes as role models

Are Athletes Good Role Models We have admired athletes and the hard work that they do to achieve their goal of winning. We idolize them and wish that we were more like them. What happens, though, when the realization sinks in that they are human too and that some of them get greedy and selfish? A lot of athletes are model citizens that we should really look up to, but there are also some bad …

…role models. Athletes show us how to reach goals no one ever thought a person can reach. Children can learn from these athletes and form there mistakes that the athletes made through out there lifes. Athletes are only human too, so they are just as likely to make mistakes just like all humans make. So it is really up to the parents to make sure you discuss with their children mistakes made from the athletes.