Comments on: Being A Role Model To Your Children

By: Odd Observation On Earth Day | The Man Page

Odd Observation On Earth Day | The Man Page — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:55:38 +0000

[...] Remember, every small action can make a difference – even if it is just setting a positive example as a role model for your children. [...]

By: Derek Semmler

Derek Semmler — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:49:31 +0000

Avi, you’re welcome and thank you for the feedback. That is great to hear that you can credit your dad as a key influence on the man that you have become!

By: Avi

Avi — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:48:15 +0000

Thank you for this post!
I had a very interesting childhood where my father was the one who stayed home (and worked part-time) with my younger brother and myself when I was in elementary school. I definitely grew into the man and father that I am now because of his model, both consciously and sub-consciously.

By: Derek Semmler

Derek Semmler — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:42:48 +0000

That is a really great point. There have been a few things that I observed with my mom and dad and thought that was just how it was supposed to be.

Thanks for the additional feedback!

By: JLow

JLow — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:17:18 +0000

If I can fast forward this topic further into the child’s adulthood…

I read in a relationship self-help book that, as children, we see our parents as the model couple- ie, the way couples *ought to be*. This is simply because we (rarely) have (an)other set of couple-hood to observe, so what we see at home must be how the universe is “supposed” to be like.

And, as the child goes into adulthood & opinions start to form, we typically choose to emulate close to what our same-gender parent is like, or the *complete* opposite, for their respective reasons of liking or disliking what we observed.