Welcome Aboard: The Online Learning Coach Journey
by Beth Werrell
byConnections Academy
Do you know who your child’s role models are? Role models can be parents, older siblings, neighbors, friends, teachers, counselors, community leaders, celebrities—or really anyone a child admires and looks up to—and finding good role models for students is important for childhood development. Many positive character traits and behaviors need to be observed and experienced to be fully understood. By witnessing these characteristics in role models, children can grow up to be healthy, happy individuals who are respectful and considerate of others.
A role model is a person whose behaviors are learned and emulated by others. The importance of good role models is simple. When a child has a positive role model, they are likely to engage in constructive actions like the person they look up to. Key to their development, children who have positive role models will pick up habits and even perspectives of adults that could last a lifetime.
For teens especially, role models set important examples of how to behave and achieve goals. Here are three essential characteristics of positive role models:
At Connections Academy®, our entire program is built to surround students with role-model teachers and parents that form a collaborative team focused on student success. Learn more about the benefits of an online education and the role parents play in mentoring their students.