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August 30, 2019

Congratulations! You are a Role Model

In the springtime, our county Extension team trained staff on easy activities they could offer to children at summer programs in the community. One of our messages to the adults: “Congratulations! You are a role model to the children”. The same message extends to parents as well as all other adults who have children within […]

WRITTEN BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Lucas County

REVIEWED BY: Melissa J. Rupp, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Fulton County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
  • Patrice Powers-Barker

REFERENCES:

  • 10 Tips: Be a Healthy Role Model for Children (2017). USDA. Retrieved from: https://www.choosemyplate.gov/ten-tips-be-a-healthy-role-model
  • Hurd, N., Zimmerman, M., and Xue, Y. (2009) Negative adult influences and the protective effects of role models: A study with urban adolescents. Journal Youth Adolescence. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2752426/
  • Knorr, C. (2017, October 18). New healthy media habits for young kids. Common Sense Media. Retrieved from https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/new-healthy-media-habits-for-young-kids?utm_source=DFD+stream+email+1&utm_medium=email
  • Krisbergh, A. Being a role model – The promise and the peril. The Center for Parenting Education. Retrieved from https://centerforparentingeducation.org/library-of-articles/focus-parents/role-model-promise-peril/
  • McNeill, B. (2010) The important role non-parent adults have with youth learning leadership. Journal of Extension. Retrieved from https://www.joe.org/joe/2010october/tt4.php
  • Nankin, F. and McMahon, J. (2017, April 12). Helping children overcome a fear of bugs. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved from: https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/helping-children-overcome-a-fear-of-bugs
  • Perkins, D. (2017, October 10). Parents making youth sports a positive experience: Role models. Penn State University Extension. Retrieved from https://extension.psu.edu/parents-making-youth-sports-a-positive-experience-role-models
  • Smith, L. (2015, March 2) Are we being the role model we should be? Live Healthy, Live Well. Retrieved from https://livehealthyosu.com/2015/03/02/are-we-being-the-role-model-we-should-be/
  • Staff as healthy role models. (2019). Action for Healthy Kids. Retrieved from: http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/component/content/article/39-step-3-challenges/1514-staff-as-healthy-role-models

Categories: Family and Relationships
Tags: healthy choices, role model, role modeling

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