Be a Role Model
In millions of households nationwide, many young men and women grow up without a solid sense of guidance in their lives.
Many professional psychologists decry the number of kids who are babysat by the television but it seems that more often than not, there is no other option. In a 2000 survey, it was estimated that 13.8 million children live in single-parent households and most of those parents have a full time job. These kids are highly at risk for falling through the cracks of our system.
However, there is hope. Big Brothers, Big Sisters is a national program that matches up kids in search of a mentor with volunteers. As we become the older generation, it is our responsibility to act as mentors to these minds. Mentoring has been recognized as a mutually beneficial activity: many older mentors describe their experience as enlightening and emphatically state that they learn incredible lessons from the kids they work with.
Today’s Artist: Wu Tang Clan
The Wu Tang Clan is not just one of the illest hip hop groups that’s ever existed. Since they bust on the scene in the early 90s, Wu Tang has been relentless critics of the system that keeps so many people down.
how do i become a mentor for the big brothers, big sisters program?
i think this is a very important and necessary program. children are the future so we should start building the great leaders and human beings of tomorrow. with so many problems in the world, it seems like children aren’t considered a priority when they really should be.