Fernanda

This last week alone, Kids Hope USA Director Trainings took place in Colorado, Chicago, and Dallas.  When fully developed, the churches training this week will mentor over 800 at-risk children. Children like Fernanda.  Fernanda’s life was being written, and the ending was looking predictably grim, with little hope for a positive future.  But as you […]

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Help for Hurting Children

When your child is struggling with heavy issues, it can be hard knowing how to help them in the mentoring hour. Here are some tips that may help. As a mentor your role is to build a safe, consistent, affirming relationship with the child—not solve or fix dilemmas.  (When a crisis moment arises people in a helping role

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Eagerly Waits

Each week, Justin comes in from recess and runs to his classroom to get his work and then dashes to the front door of the school to wait for his KHUSA mentor, Miss Jackie. Miss Jackie is thankful for the school secretary who has agreed to watch, Justin as he eagerly waits for her each week. This story

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Handling a Disrespectful Attitude

It is difficult when children are disrespectful or rude to authority figures and  it  can be hurtful to mentors. Even so, children tend to communicate volumes about their own life experience through their behaviors. It is likely that children who are demonstrating these feelings and behaviors have experienced a great deal of hurt.  It is important to recognize and acknowledge

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My mentee…

In our email last weekend, we asked mentors to finish the statement, “My mentee…” and in essence brag about something wonderful that their mentee has accomplished or does. We have had a great response so far and hope to continue receiving posts to our Facebook Wall and tweets on Twitter with #proudmentor and #kidshopeusa. Here

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