So many people have been elevated to a role model status that when they do something wrong it seems that the people who put them there have been devastated. The idea of having somebody to look up to is important, but not in the way that society has portrayed it. Tiger Woods is a great golfer and that is where modeling him should stay. It can also apply to sports in general.
Tiger Woods made a judgment regarding intimate relationships that was wrong. As a role model in the arena (as well as the moral arena) he should not be placed. We forget that he is simply a human being with all the failing that accompany such. Humans make mistakes – especially when it concerns morality.
Children will get their role models first from their parents. They are a child’s greatest role model. They learn how to have a relationship by watching their parents, not from watching a celebrity. As children grow up, they will look at other role models in which to model.
If they want to do better as a sales person, then they will model the behavior and strategies of the top sales people they can find. If they want to be the best cardiac surgeon, then finding the top one in the field is a way of modeling the way they do what they do.
There are role models in every area of life. Just because a person is the best at what they do in a given area, doesn’t mean they should be a role model in another area. Pick and choose your role models for each area of life you want to succeed in, okay?
Tiger Woods is a very good golfer but his reputation as a cheating husband made him a bad character.~,;
I agree! This was written prior to his philandering behavior. He definitely needs help & his marriage is destroyed. As far as that kind of role modeling that is not good & it has affected his golf. Especially his mental state.