Sports Stars a Role Models for Children

Thesis Statement

We live in a society, and my children are not only mine, they're the society's children. And my neighbor's children are not only his; they're the society's children as well. The report discusses that every child is everyone's responsibility. Because the world is everyone's responsibility. And we do not give this world to our children, we borrow it from them.

Introduction

We have to understand that every new generation is the responsibility of the previous generation. Their culture, their environment, their values, everything is our responsibility. People don't understand this because they are selfish. They only think about their family and they don't care about other people. They think in an individualist way. That said, yes, celebrities have a big responsibility, most of all considering that everything they do and say is being religiously watched and absorbed by the children.

Sports Stars a Role Models for Children

A celebrity is someone who has the power and the privilege of having the whole world focused on what they say, so they should have important things to say, otherwise they will not know what to do with the attention they draw to themselves. Celebrities, just as any other famous people, have the power to leave a mark in people's minds, and that can change the culture and therefore the world. But we all have that power, that's why the way we behave in the world has a real effect on our environment and in the world.

AFL, in particular, holds little significance to me however We married into a one-eyed Carlton family and have drowned in a house of blue. All our boys were signed up as members from birth, own the garb and know the players' names and numbers. My seven year old has just finished his second season of Auskick and is obsessed with the oblong shaped pigskin ball. He kicks a foot in the backyard accompanied by his own commentary. In the house, it is a balloon, a pair of socks or even an unfortunate teddy that gets belted around the head. He asks my husband endless questions about the players and the teams and the strategies and the ladder.

As Carlton bowed out of the finals last year, we mopped up some tears from the eldest and reassured him there was always next year. There were more tears when my dearest first born heard they were going to trade Carlton's star player. His concept of how the business side of football works is non-existent so it came down to a simple explanation of “we have to share the good players around.” The seedier side of the sport: drunken incidents and drug controversies, sexual indiscretions, violent outbursts and infidelities are thankfully completely outside his sphere of exposure.

The truth is this: we're not really worried about our children. We fans should worry about ourselves. We have it in mind that we have a right to spy, pry and obsess about the private lives of people who "choose" ...