The best role models for our children?
NEVER mind teachers, parents or grandparents.
The best role models for our children are a footballer and a popstar, according to a new study.
David Beckham and Cheryl cole were voted as setting the best example for Britain's kids in a survey which found most adults believe youngsters have no one to look up to.
England footballer Beckham - who only recently got sent off the football pitch while playing for LA Galaxy for a violent tackle - came out on top of the poll by the The Children's Society, with 55 per cent of the vote.
And singer Cole, found guilty of assault in a nightclub toilet in 2003, came a close second, with 40 per cent.
Homer Simpson was voted the worst role model.
The National Mentoring Initiative poll, which questioned over 2,000 people found children are less likely to look up to adults than in the past.
While more than a quarter of those questioned (28 per cent) said they looked up to their father when they were young, around one in seven (14 per cent) said they thought that children today look up to their fathers.
Just 5 per cent of adults said they think children look up to their grandparents.
The poll also reveals that when it comes to politicians, David Cameron is seen as setting the best example, with a third (34 per cent) rating him as a positive role model.
A fifth saw Gordon Brown as a positive role model, while 16 per cent said the same about Nick Clegg.
Rashid Iqbal, director of The Children’s Society’s National Mentoring Initiative, said: “This poll reflects our concerns that many children are living without positive role models.
“If children are not looking up to adults this is not the children’s fault."
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