I was scanning Twitter last night as I often do when there is nothing much to watch on the idiot box.  As I was scrolling through the main stream of all the people I follow I came across an absolute gem.

Robb Vaules – @infobahn, shared a quote from his son – “Quote of the night from my Son: “I have always wanted to be a hero to squirels.”

It got me thinking, firstly what a great ambition, I don’t know how old Robb’s son is but how refreshing to not find that he doesn’t aspire to be a gansta, fake celeb, or make millions throwing a ball around.  No this young man wants to be a hero to Squirrels.

I retweeted the quote this morning and one of my followers asked me how you become a Hero to Squirrels. I have no idea how you become a hero to squirrels, what’s more I have no idea how you inspire your son to want to become a hero to squirrels.  But I do think that its message goes beyond just the cutesy value that makes you go awww when you first read it.  What are we inspiring our children to become ? How do we transmit values to them?

How do we support their aspirations, even if it is to become a Hero to Squirrels.