The role models are right here at home

There is so much talk about who our children should look up to as role models.

Movie stars, professional athletes and politicians are built up and put on pedestals. Their accomplishments are lauded and oftentimes embarrassingly overstated. These men and women are often portrayed as perfect people, living perfect lives that the rest of us should aspire to and dream of attaining for ourselves. That is, until those pristine images come crashing down. When that happens, the public outcry is, “But who are our children supposed to look up to?”