As I see it, from the perspective which 30 years in business and 15 years as CEO of the ReachOut mentoring charity generates, mentoring is a good complement to parenting and schools; when parents find it increasingly difficult to relate to their children who seem to inhabit a different world from the one they grew up in, and teachers are so focused on academic skills that there is little time for developing the character values essential to achieving life’s goals.
So to anyone thinking of setting up a mentoring project I would say go for it, the impact you can have is huge. Here are a few tips to get you started.
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