A
Mentor’s Role
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Mentoring
is a structured and trusting
relationship between young people and
positive individuals who offer support and encouragement. |
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A
mentor provides young people with counsel, friendship and
reinforcement. |
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Mentoring
is aimed at developing the
confidence, competence and character of the mentee.
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Who
Needs Mentors?
35.2
million young people in the United States today need Mentors.
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1
out of 5 lives in poverty
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1
out of 10 will not finish high school
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About
half of young Americans - 17.6 million young people - want or need
caring, adult mentors to help them succeed in life.
Of those 17.6
million young people, 2.5 are in formal mentoring relationships.
That leaves 15.1 million youth in need of mentoring.
Benefits
of Mentoring!
Research
confirms that mentoring works! Young
people who participate in
mentoring relationships experience a number of positive benefits.
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Mentored
youth have better attendance in school. |
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Mentored
youth have better attitudes towards school.
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Mentoring
appears to help prevent substance abuse and reduce some negative
youth behaviors.
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Mentored
youth tend to trust their parents more and communicate better with
them.
They also feel they get more emotional support from
their friends.
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