Mentoring is effective when mentors invest their time, talents, and care to create a genuine friendship with a youth. A mentor can help create a community of support by offering advice, stability during crisis, and referrals to community resources. Youth will benefit from involvement with a positive adult role model who honors their ideas, values, and choices as they transition to independence.
EFFECTIVE MENTORS:
· Maintain a steady presence in their Friend’s life through good times and bad
· Respect their Friend’s viewpoint, values, and need for self-mastery
· Have fun in the relationship – play, laugh, and genuinely appreciate each other
· Help inform and provide resources that allow Friends to make their own decisions
· Rely on the support and assistance from the mentor team and the program
· Maintain a steady presence in their Friend’s life through good times and bad
· Respect their Friend’s viewpoint, values, and need for self-mastery
· Have fun in the relationship – play, laugh, and genuinely appreciate each other
· Help inform and provide resources that allow Friends to make their own decisions
· Rely on the support and assistance from the mentor team and the program
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