Editors Blog

Chronicle editor, Jean Rhodes, offers her perspectives on topics related to mentoring research, practice, and policies.

What election-related issues matter most to young people? New national survey has some answers

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By Jean Rhodes With less than a week to go before the…

It’s election season: Should mentors talk politics with their mentees?

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Linus: "There are three things I have learned never to discuss…

The multitude and magnitude of coronavirus stressors on children

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The perfect storm of insecurities and isolation creates…

Finding a silver lining: COVID-19 is shedding new light onto childhood poverty

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By Jean Rhodes Young people who are referred to mentoring…

Mentoring in the context of inequality, injustice, and a global pandemic

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By Jean Rhodes When asked how he felt about the timing of…

Celebrating Fatherhood and Encouraging Mentorship with “My Brother’s Keeper”

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Ed. note: This was cross-posted several years ago on the U.S.…

Now is the time to offer solidarity and support to young people of color

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by Jean Rhodes and Cherrelle Jones (clinical psychology doctoral…

Mentoring in Trump’s America

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Update: We wrote this post 3 years ago, soon after Trump became…

Harnessing the Big Three: Positive youth development during the “leisure paradox”

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By Jean Rhodes In a recent issue of the Journal of Youth…

All the tech in the world: School closures and the loss of natural mentoring

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  "Ultimately you can have all the tech in the world,…