The mentoring circle: Supportive relationships across generations [ctmirror.org]
By Josiah H. Brown, The CT Mirror, January 17, 2021 January is Mentoring Month , January 17 International Mentoring Day — with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday a day of service. (January is also Human Trafficking Awareness Month , underscoring one risk of a lack of positive mentoring and other adult presences in a young person’s life.) Supportive, cross-generational relationships help young people to develop socially/emotionally and academically—as well as adults to grow professionally and...