Mentoring: Family Relationships

Participating in mentoring promotes pro-social behaviors and attitudes.  Consecutive evaluations of the ongoing Across Ages program show that participants who received mentoring (in addition to other program activities) have significantly more positive attitudes toward school, the future, the elderly, and helping behaviors.^AA1,AA2 Further, participants in BB/BS felt that they communicated better with their parents and had more emotional support from friends.^BBS1 The latter finding is especially true for minority males. ^BBS1