{"id":1902606,"date":"2023-03-22T02:11:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T06:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-kids-need-celebs-like-ja-morant-to-be-good-role-models-but-fathers-matter-much-more\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T02:13:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T06:13:12","slug":"yes-kids-need-celebs-like-ja-morant-to-be-good-role-models-but-fathers-matter-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-kids-need-celebs-like-ja-morant-to-be-good-role-models-but-fathers-matter-much-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, Kids Need Celebs Like Ja Morant To Be Good Role Models, But Fathers Matter Much More"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyes-kids-need-celebs-like-ja-morant-to-be-good-role-models-but-fathers-matter-much-more%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1902606&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Ja Morant, an NBA basketball player, made headlines after posting a video on Instagram Live where he was seen with a gun at a strip club, resulting in his suspension. While it is understandable to expect professional athletes to be positive role models, instead of criticizing Ja, we should be praying for his father.<\/p>\n<p>The importance of strong father figures in a child&#8217;s life cannot be overemphasized. They serve as mentors, teaching children important values such as faith, character, and work ethic.<\/p>\n<p>Children should not solely rely on celebrities or movie stars for personal development. Celebrities may serve as inspiration, but they cannot replace the guidance of a supportive parent, especially a father.<\/p>\n<p>We need to encourage fathers to be involved in their children&#8217;s lives more than ever. With the rise of fatherlessness in society, American children are struggling since fathers play an essential role in shaping their mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. Studies have shown that children from single-parent families are more likely to suffer from mental health problems.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial to incentivize fathers to stay in their homes and actively participate in their children&#8217;s upbringing. Our culture should focus on promoting the nuclear family as the bedrock of society, and parents, especially fathers, should be encouraged to be positive role models.<\/p>\n<p>Let us pray for the fathers of this generation, reminding ourselves of the Bible verse in Malachi 4:6: &#8220;And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n        Jack Brewer is the Chair of the Center for Opportunity Now and Vice-Chair of the Center for 1776 at the America First Policy Institute.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/basketball\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Basketball<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/fatherhood\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Fatherhood<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/fathers\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Fathers<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/ja-morant\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Ja Morant<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/kids\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Kids<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/nba\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">NBA<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/parents\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Parents<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/role-models\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Role Models<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basketball player Ja Morant was suspended by the NBA on March 15 for eight games after he flashed a gun on his Instagram Live account while at a strip club. His careless social media share and other recent incidents spurred major criticism and made headlines. This criticism is valid \u2014 professional athletes carry a lot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1882,"featured_media":1902607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[6803,6652,4247,4219,17726,13046,5528,7923],"class_list":["post-1902606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-celebs","tag-fathers","tag-kids","tag-matter","tag-models","tag-morant","tag-role","tag-yes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1882"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1902606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1902607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1902606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1902606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}