I didn't see anything to be alarmed about.
Here was the question posed to the teenagers. "The nationwide sample of teenagers asked 13- to 17-year-olds to identify the person whom they admire most today as a role model, other than their parents."
As an adult reader, what I understand the question to be asking is for a human being alive today whom they admire and which they could be like.
I thought it was quite refreshing actually that 63% said a close relative, teachers, and coaches. That's almost 2 out of 3, for crying out loud. That's a relief that they not all running to be like Britney Spears and Hugh Hefner.
Only 6% listed entertainers and only 5% listed sports figures.
I can only think of what MY answer would have been when I was between the ages of 13-17. I might have said anything from my grandparents to my preacher at the time to Marcia Brady to Farrah Fawcett! Whew! I could have said anything.
I can only say that if Jesus Christ had been a choice - if the survey had been a poll - and only 3% admired Him the most, then that would been very telling.
But they had to come up with these names off the top of their heads and they were asked to give a person today.
