本书编者精心遴选了50个古今中外的名人对其子女的榜样或他们的父母对其成长过程中的教诲影响，力图以诸多成功人士家庭教育中父母的榜样作用来启迪我们现在的一些父母：一定要注意自身对孩子的影响，而不仅仅是为他们提供吃穿住之物。 The editor of this book selects 50 model stories of celebrities from both China and abroad on how they set examples for their children or how their parents educated and influenced them, trying to inspire modern parents by illustrating the role of parents in setting examples for their children in family education of successful people. Parents should be aware of the influences of their behaviors upon their children, apart from providing such things as food, clothes and accommodations.