“Being a role model is the most important kind of educating.” —John Wooden In June 2025, shortly after the NBA Finals, journalists interviewed Vaughn Alexander, the father of Oklahoma City Thunder ...

Children learn primarily through observing and imitating the behaviors of others, both positive and negative. Positive role models, individuals whose behavior, attitude and values are admired and ...

This past month, I lost my mentor, my friend, and the person who served as my career role model. Her name was Judy DeLoache, and she plucked me out of college at the ripe old age of 22 to start a ...

Children begin learning about life early on from the people who surround them. From the earliest age, youngsters mimic their parents and look to caregivers to guide their development and demonstrate ...

TideChangers in Alice are looking for volunteers. The non-profit organization's mission to make a different in the lives of children raised by single parents. A non-profit is changing the lives of ...

The March 1 LNP | LancasterOnline contained a special section titled “Lancaster County Progress” that initially filled me with pride and hope for the future of our community. Those feelings were ...

Boys will always have professional athletes and musicians to look up to, but as the New York Times’s Claire Cain Miller correctly notes, it is the adults that children “personally know” and see on a ...

Eric Rodriguez in his barbershop, Rodriguez Cuts, in Danville. Danville Chargers football players. Danville Chargers Football is one of the local youth football groups. Eric Rodriguez in his ...