heroes: why are we looking to the athletes?

by Angel

Do you know whose your sons heroes? Do you know that probably it is a sports player because 60% or more of the kids in a recent survey think that sports players are better people than their own parents. They like them more then there own parents because people on TV act as if they were superheros. They think that they can do any thing that they want because they have more money and they think that they can buy someone because they are rich. As a result, kids buy into the lies and look to the fake role models instead of their own parents.

Why is a sports player a hero to a little kid in stead of a teacher or there mom or dad? How come people like a sports player more then their family? Maybe it's because more fathers watch sports then their own kids. Why would a kid love a sports player more than his own dad? Maybe it's because the sports players seem more reliable and dependable. They might be far in the distance, but at least we know they'll be there when we get home.

Do you spend more time watching sports then with you family? Many people only watch sports and don't play one or do stuff that dosen't involve watching T.V. What if we could get all the out of shape people to play a sport instead of watching one? And what if that sport they played was with their own kids? We can probably get them in to a sport or something that they might lose some weight, feel better and become the role model a child needs.

So, before we blame athletes for being bad role models, maybe society needs to look inward. Maybe the problem isn't one of bad athletes, but one of bad fathers.