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Do young people choose good or bad role models?

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Role models are important for all young people, however, there is growing concern that young people are looking up to bad role models.

Like celebrities who glamorize drug and alcohol abuse and gang culture that glamorize violence and crime. On the other hand there are some young people who are influenced by successful role models who are passionate about their work.

The people teenagers aspire to be like affects their success in life and reflect on how they will behave when they are older.



I think teenagers are very canny and they have different types of role models.
Colleen Amos - The Learning Trust

Should teenagers choose their own models or should they be chosen for them?

Should we show teenagers the right people to follow or should they make their own decisions?




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