[Maple]

nope my mother would never have been my role model. Not a chance.

My role model would have been my dad. Still is. He's a great man. He loved us for who we were, not who he wanted us to be. He listened to us and got great enjoyment out of watching us grow up and hearing about our various scrapes that we got ourselves into. He relished our independence and wanted us to go far and be free. He always told us that he loved us and that he was proud of us. He never told us we were stupid or ran us down, he gave us confidence in ourselves and our abilities. He is always there for me, through absolutely everything i've ever gone through. Nothing is ever a problem for him, absolutely nothing is an issue. If we need him he is there.

[panda100]

Originally Posted by Thaedydal

ms piggy.

She's still my role model

When I was growing up the only females that featured on me in any shape or form would have been Aeriel in the little mermaid and the Spice girls. There was a distinct lack and still is of decent female role models for young children.


I never aspired to be like my mum though she is the best mum in the world

[Piste]

I don't think it's really correct to state that Disney Princesses are role models, and I think that that article reads into Disney Children's cartoons far too much. Kids like a fantasy world where they can look pretty and be happy and dance around and sing with animals so they dress as princesses andplay at being princesses, and there's nothing wrong with that.


I myself didn't have any role models, though I suppose I looked up to my friends a bit.

[Nightwish]

I had no role models as such growing up. I was the eldest, and quite introverted around other kids. I only really came out of my shell when around adults. I never wanted to be a Disney princess - the only movie I enjoyed was the Little Mermaid, and that was for Sebastian the Lobster. I suppose the Disney princesses arent such bad role models these days - Bratz are much much worse. They are horrendous dolls that no girl should be let near.

[simu]

I didn't have role models really but my family members all assumed I'd do well at school and so on so I suppsed that influenced me.

I did play with the odd princess Barbie and they didn't turn me into a bimbo! It's how kids play with toys that's important - I used to make little computers and books out of cardboard and old magazines for my Barbies and dark clothes out of old socks because all the pink was a bit boring and unrealistic, I thought!

[Rozabeez]

My mother in particular, she's brought us all up alone for 10 years and dealt with some tough things before that, she's not your typical Mammy in the way that rather than strict rules, she brought us up to respect each other and know right from wrong ourselves.

Not once have I been grounded, nor have I felt the need to do any of the "bad" things my friends did growing up, out of respect for how she brought me up.