Footballer David Beckham and singer Cheryl Cole are the best role models for children, according to a survey.David Beckham was rated as setting the best example for children – more than half (55 per cent) of those questioned said he was a good, or very good, role model, compared to 18 per cent who said he sets a bad example.
Cheryl Cole came second, with 40 per cent rating her positively, compared to 27 per cent who said she was a bad role model. The singer was convicted in 2003 of assaulting a nightclub worker and was sentenced to 120 hours of unpaid community service. Cartoon character Homer Simpson was voted the worst role model.
The poll questioned over 2,000 adults of whom only one in seven said children today looked up to their fathers. Some 32 per cent of adults said they used to consider their mother a role model, 30 per cent believe that children today now see their mother in the same way.
