How Mentoring Helps: Support with day-to-day living

From Mentor:

• Mentors help improve a young person’s self-esteem.
• Mentors provide support for students trying new behaviors.
• Youth who meet regularly with their mentors are 46% less likely than their peers to start using illegal drugs and 27% less likely to start drinking (Public/Private Ventures study of Big Brothers Big Sisters).
• About 40% of teenager’s waking hours are spent without companionship or supervision. Mentors provide teens with a valuable place to spend free time.
• Mentors teach young people how to relate well to all kinds of people and help young people strengthen their communication skills.

What were challenges you faced when you were a kid?  What temptations did you face?  How did you overcome them?  What activities are you already doing that you can include a kid in?

You bring more than you realize into a mentoring relationship.