Intro to Mentoring

I think throughout this blog, I anticipate on adding my thoughts and feeling in my role as a foster parent and mentor.

To be very blunt and honest, it saddens me greatly the condition that our children and our young adults are in. There is a lack of hope and sadness on their faces that I see every day - whether it be visiting a group home to say hi to the home manager who is a good friend of mine, to take a kid for drug testing, or to visit one of my kids in juvenile detention. There is such a lack of purpose as to what they were put on this earth to do. I realize that I am only one person, and with the help of my loving partner who has been the greatest friend one could have, and the support of my friends, we can collectively make an impact in our childrens' futures.

I picked the book "Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Mentoring Young Adults in their search for meaning, purpose, and faith" mainly because the population that I work with are young adults, and that this is what I feel the threshold is from secondary education to adult education. Our goal as instructors should not only be to provide a knowledge base that demonstrates our abilities in our area of expertise, but to demonstrate the interpersonal qualities and skills that young adults need to have as they enter adulthood, whenever that may be.

I welcome feedback and others' thoughts as I post my feelings throughout reading this powerful book.