What type of children can benefit from mentoring?
Almost all children can benefit from mentoring. Possibly best are those children 5 to 12 years old. The overall goal in using this mentoring approach by mothers today is to achieve a close bond between the young person and an adult. The issue however is where do moms find mentors for their kids. Mentors can be right infront of you and it just takes thinking about it to realize, “Oh yes, Uncle Carl is a Karate Instructor can help my son with his self confidence problem over time.” For improving reading and writing, college students might be an ideal group to search for a mentor. Also recruiting friends with a speciality in a certain area is an avenue to also pursue. It is very important what type of mentor can work with your child. Sometimes it might be a mentoring group that is needed. But in this case the mentoring group would need to be as carefully selected. The goals of group mentoring for young people are often socialization, academic support, building selfesteem, goal setting, an
