I am doing a research paper on Mentors and the research has confirmed what I knew to be true. The statistics are astounding, dumbfounding, staggering. It is no wonder there is such a need for mentors in our society today. I am going to give you a tiny peak at an excerpt from my paper (it is going to be between 15 and 18 pages). Enjoy. Thank your mentor. Be a mentor. Raise up a generation of mentors!
Why should all children have a mentor?
According to the census of 2005 there are 73.5 million children under the age of 18 living in the United States. The census also states that 23.4% of those children live with their mother, no father; 4.8% live with their father, no mother; 4.5% live with neither mother nor father. That means a total of over 24 million children in the United States have a need for a parental figure in their lives. (census.gov)
The government and state services have a plan for filling potholes in the roads we travel on. Is this pothole in the families of America not worth filling? Will this hole continue to get larger and larger if it is not met with a means to fill it?
Jami! You bring realities together so wonderfully!
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