Nov 17
From our Daily Dose of Happiness ezine yesterday:
MENTORING
A couple years ago I reported the figures below, which I found on the Big Brothers / Big Sisters website. A child with a mentor is:
- 80% more likely to finish high school
- 46% less likely to use drugs
- 27% less likely to use alcohol
- 52% less likely to skip school
The website also reported on numerous other happy benefits of mentoring, which really is an exercise in community-building at the micro level. Mentoring is an investment not a cost. It’s an investment in helping the mentored grow, and it is equally an investment in helping the mentor grow.
When we reach a hand out to help someone else, we lift two people with that one arm. Talk about miracles!
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