When we look for the way to be a role model for our children we are influencing directly in their initial education, when I refer to initial education is because really the first steps of teaching - learning we give between the existing relationship between parents and children.
Being a role model implies being an example for our children, but a correct initial education in our children is not such an easy task, since many times we try to reprimand them for things that we ourselves also do, it is under that point of comparison where it has a place to become an example for our children.
This tendency to be examples for our children is an act that extends for life for them, since after they are educated in a conventional school their teachers will be the next example for them to follow.
It is important that our children see us as their cartoon superheroes, because if our way of life is full of values there is a high probability that they will copy and want to emulate those values.
In conclusion, I believe that if we generate a favorable ecosystem so that our children can see in the environment only good things, focused on values, ethics, responsibility, honesty, commitment, respect, punctuality, among other values, then they can gradually associate the love they have for us to emulate our behavior and lifestyle, where being able to copy that lifestyle is what I in particular can understand as an example to follow for our children in their early stages of development.