MENTOR CORNER: Training Handouts
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Concern With Video Games
The issue of video game usage has become a concern for many parents across the nation. Many consider it to be the newest addiction concern for children. The following article has some tips about how to limit video game usage with your mentee.
http://www.pamf.org/preteen/parents/videogames.html
*Please Note: The intended audience is written to the parents of the child; you can pick and choose ideas from it, or pass it on if the parents have shared this concern with you.
Mentoring Adolescents
Click on the following link to read about information on how to mentor adolescents. The PDF files at the bottom of the page are very helpful and insightful!
http://www.mentoringworks.org/Training_Institute_Tools_and_Resources.html
Mentoring Stories
(Names of mentees have been changed)
Hey Jo:
Sorry I haven't been updating you on Reilly and my time together. We've been spending about one hour a week together painting nails, baking, playing softball/tennis, going on walks, playing board and card games, doing holiday related things, etc. This Wednesday we are going to the Children's museum with the pass you gave us during the kick-off. She seems to get excited for every week, so hopefully she's gaining from this experience - I know I am!
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Jo,
I am just sending you this e-mail to let you know how Aaron and I are doing. We have been spending the summer months swimming, playing soccer, and just enjoying the weather outside. It is fun and we are enjoying our time off from school. Aaron keeps me pretty busy when we hang out because he is constantly creating games to play and is always looking forward to the next thing to do, so at least we are not bored. He still hasn't decided if he wants to go to Oakwood this year, so I will continue to persuade him and let you know if we decide to attend!
Jane and I have been doing some fun things lately. We went swimming at the Days Inn; we went window shopping down town. I am in the process of setting something up at the horse unit on campus so we can visit.
Also, we will be meeting occasionally through out the summer. Our goal for May/June is to plan a dinner party for her family. She will pick out the recipes, we will make a shopping list and budget our money, make formal invitations, and also prepare the meal together!
She is so excited to do this as am I! This is such a great experience for both of us that I am not ready to part ways yet.
Mentor Corner
Check out this quote from a mentee — someone maybe just like yours!
"From the start I was expected to lose. Everything I have right now is mostly because I defied what the world concluded about me before I could even speak a word in my defense. And my defense is that I am just as capable as any person to do great things. Like you, I think about all the things this world could achieve if only every child was given the right tools. Mentoring is the right tool and it is the way to the American Dream. To everyone here tonight, I hope you will promise to do everything you can to help make mentoring and the American Dream a reality for every child in this city and every other city in the country. It’s their best defense, too". ~ Ean Garrett, Mentee at the MENTOR National Recognition Event
Check out this great email I received recently from one of our own BCYMP mentors!
"Took Jimmy ice fishing this weekend. We didn't catch anything but he seemed to have fun and we talked about patience and not getting discouraged so it was a success in my mind. He really seems to enjoy fishing."
"Helping a mentee build a character attribute like patience is no small thing. AND, he learned a skill! Jimmy, like all of us, will grow one asset at a time. Thank you, BCYMP Mentors! YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE!"
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