"I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn't take one person's opinion to be what we call final assessment or judgment about how life is supposed to be"
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The subtext is a warning about how kids actually absorb authority now. Mentorship isn’t just a teacher or an uncle; it’s algorithms, fan accounts, and the loudest voice in a comment section. “Final assessment” is telling phrasing: it borrows the language of grading and judgment, the way adults stamp a life as correct or incorrect. Sean Paul pushes back on that punitive certainty. He’s arguing for mentors as reference points, not referees.
Contextually, this reads like an artist trying to responsibly manage his own cultural footprint. Pop figures get turned into templates for identity - how to dress, love, hustle, rebel. For a Jamaican dancehall star who’s traveled across scenes and audiences, pluralism is lived experience: different neighborhoods, different norms, different rules for surviving and thriving. So the message becomes practical, not preachy: collect models, triangulate advice, keep the steering wheel.
It works because it respects kids without romanticizing them. It treats young people as active editors of their own influences, not empty containers waiting for the “right” adult to fill them.
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| Topic | Parenting |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Paul, Sean. (2026, January 15). I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn't take one person's opinion to be what we call final assessment or judgment about how life is supposed to be. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-kids-should-have-a-mentor-and-a-role-162078/
Chicago Style
Paul, Sean. "I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn't take one person's opinion to be what we call final assessment or judgment about how life is supposed to be." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-kids-should-have-a-mentor-and-a-role-162078/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn't take one person's opinion to be what we call final assessment or judgment about how life is supposed to be." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-kids-should-have-a-mentor-and-a-role-162078/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.







