Role models have an astounding
effect on the lives of children in our society. A role model has the ability to
shape the views, ideals and, actions of a young person. Role models help youth
to discover how they wish to become in the future. The influence that role
models have over young people is tremendous. The role models of children are
changing nowadays. Do you ever think why is it happening frequently? In the past
years children had their great and dignitized role models like; Prophet (PBUH),
Quaid e Azam, children’s grandparents, father mother and caregivers etc.
Children were also look up to other relatives, teachers and peers. But now
children trying to copy the behavior and appearance of celebrities such as
athletes and entertainers, characters from books, T.V, movies and video games.
Children having their role models like: hero and heroines, Cartoon characters
like: Bheem, Spider man etc. This is not the mistake of children. ‘This is us’
who are making their lives worst.
As you know, the children are just like a tissue paper i.e. a tissue absorbs the
water in the spur of a moment. Whatever our media portrays, the kids absorb it
rapidly. In our country, the media owners don’t do any work over the content for
children. So what they can read and watch? In this case, children move towards
Indian channels and watch their T.V programmes , enjoy their vulgar songs and
then adopt the acting, dances and behaviours of the actors. Hence, they made
their role models like Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Hrithik Roshan, Deepika
Padukone and so on.
As, currently we conducted a survey on Television and Movies. What we observed!!
The children had the names of Indian actors at the tip of their tongues. May I
ask you – what are we giving to the children? Who are the ‘Future of our
country’. We should start to do work on children’s content in terms of Print and
Electronic Media. We have to give healthy content to our ‘Future Stars’
otherwise their future gradually drowned. The irrelevant content ruining the
lives of children like termites eat the wood. Media owners became a swampy river
and it will be too late when we want to pick children’s out from the fierce
river.
Therefore, it’s the core responsibility of our media giants to take this
enormous issue under consideration.
Thus, I request to the concerned authorities. Please focus on this issue to
develop healthy content for the children, otherwise the role models of the
children of our country remains the other ones and in this way our country can’t
prosper and grow healthier and became lower.