Youth mentoring

by Kirsten Locke

My definition of a mentor is apparently broader than most. The common image the word brings to most people's minds is someone from Big Brothers or any other similar organization. But there should be no limits. Mentoring ...read more

by Donald Hancock

ONE IS ENOUGH For several years Donnie was the sum total of the members in the Boys' Club of Jacksonville. It was his thought that if Mr. Henry was willing to come over to the club house every week for only one boy...read more

by Riley Hun

I vividly remember my early high school years, in which I assumed the roles of both a mentor and tutor. Despite the claims that getting through high school is perhaps the most difficult and possibly the least memorable par...read more

by Melvin Richardson

Our youth today definitely need a mentor. A mentor is someone that has there best interest in mind and will show them the way of the world. This is a long lost art and more people need to volunteer in that capacity becaus...read more

by AngelaCharles

Teachers Are Our Most Critical Youth Mentors As a teacher, you have the greatest opportunity to impact the lives of hundreds of students, making you the greatest resource for our children. I know. If being an educator...read more

by Virginia Lynn Emrick

Mentors and Their Influence When I was in the fifth grade, I had two teachers with vastly different teaching styles. One took great joy in pointing out any deficiencies in her students and used every opportunity availab...read more

by Esther Terrell

My Children are such special individuals, each with his or her own talents and personalities and so different from the other even though all three were raised in the same household. The first born child is thought of a...read more

by Ginger Collins

She tried to quietly pull back the shade to climb in her bedroom window and no one would be the wiser. Jesse had been out all night in her boyfriends bedroom down the street. She really didn't think it would matter to anyo...read more

by Brenda Lee Chew

Over several years of working with teenagers that have come through my doors(either from courts, parents, or someone finding them homeless and knowing I take in teenagers)I have learned that turning a teenager around is ...read more

by Joel Samberg

When do you think we should let our children take on more responsibility? When they lose interest in Nickelodeon? When they learn to drive? When they give us grandchildren? After all, they have to start making their own d...read more

by Robin Bingeman

COSSROADS Finding yourself standing at the infamous crossroad in your young adult's life can cause huge waves of stress. "What crossroad is this?" you ask. The oh my goodness, what are you going t...read more

by Amanda Dycus

It was not that long ago that I was a youth myself, and some days I would rather be classified as a youth rather than an adult. I have noticed,though in today's culture that it is somewhat harder to be a youth than an adu...read more

by a.b.

Lets face it ladies and gentleman; the youth of today are still in trouble.It's becoming harder and harder to talk to our teens as society continues to pressure them into uneasy situations. One very important topic that le...read more

by John Cragg

My Father is a pastor. In 1975, He had accepted an invitation to be the dean of students for a private Christian prep school. He was thrilled with the prospect of a new and very different challenge. But before the moving ...read more

by Nathanielle Crawford

During my Winter Break back in 2001, I had the opportunity to visit my old middle school. In Bennington that's 7-8th grade and while those were probably my worse two years ever, there was one place I wanted to see the most...read more

by Victoria Quintana

Somebody Who Cares Our Youth in America unfortunalty has been added to the list of people Americans do not want to deal with. They have been placed on a backburner being titled as useless or not worth the effort. There ...read more

by Gregory London

Teaching teens to be adults. Any conversation about teens has to start with some questions about children. Why do children obey their parents? Why do children seek the approval of their parents. Sorry, but it is not all...read more