These days, mentoring is a word we hear all the time. Professional basketball players refer to coaches who mentored them in high school and college. Successful business people thank the supervisors who served as mentors when they started out in their field.
Some people even refer to celebrities as the role models who made a difference in their lives.
Take a look at some of these varied definitions of mentoring. A child might find a mentor on his own, by approaching a teacher at school, a member of his extended family or the coach of an athletic team. Or, a child can be matched with a mentor through a formal mentoring program. Research has shown that children with mentors are more less likely to do drugs and more likely to succeed in school. There are different types of programs for you to consider.