Why does children without poverty mentor families?
Mentoring the parent(s) in at risk or homeless families allows the parent(s) to have someone in their lives they won’t otherwise have. Someone who can model what a sustainable lifestyle could be for them. Mentoring provides the parent(s) with modeling behaviors, learning, sharing and someone to lean on to assist with hard times. This helps them to provide this healthy environment to their children. The mentor can provide skills to improve the parent(s) self esteem, boundaries, support networks and life skills. These are important aspects to improve in order to prevent future derailment. Mentoring is an ideal opportunity for children without poverty to assist the family to build family resilience, so that they can recover from a setback quickly and move forward in their lives.
