Editor’s Blog

Two Science-Backed Tips for Mentors
Jean Rhodes
Building strong, enduring mentoring relationships…

How shared laughter can strengthen mentoring relationships
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“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.”
—Victor…

Why “Someone like me” Matters in Mentor Matching
By Jean Rhodes
How important is it for mentors and mentees to…

What the Odyssey Gets Right About Mentoring
By Jean Rhodes
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey opens this week…

Born on the 4th of July: The link between Independence Day and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
By Jean Rhodes
You may not know it, but the mentoring…

Mentoring, Task Shifting, and the Paraprofessional Revolution
mentors trained as paraprofessionals could be pivotal in providing accessible mental health support for young people, reducing barriers, and helping mentees engage with professional services more readily. By equipping mentors with structured training and aligning them with best practices, youth mentoring programs could meet an urgent need for accessible, scalable mental health interventions.

Three Essential Lessons From Our Social Capital Research
By Jean Rhodes
In 2022, researcher Raj Chetty and his team published…

Tell Me More: What Research on Listening and Curiosity Tells Mentors
By Jean Rhodes
An interesting study published late last year…

Warmth Is the Engine: What a Global Study of Youth Thriving Tells Us About Mentoring
By Jean Rhodes
A rigorous new study, published in the Journal…

The Case for Credible Messengers
Jean Rhodes
Credible messenger mentoring is a community-rooted…

How Real Conversations Can Change LIves
By Jean Rhodes
A new study Lauren Schudde, published in The…

The Flipside of Microaggressions: How Micro-Recognitions Change Everything in Mentoring
By Jean Rhodes
When Professor Becky Wai-Ling Packard joined…

The Gift Goes Both Ways: What a New Meta-Analysis Reveals About Purpose, Meaning, and Older Adult Mentors
By Jean Rhodes
The mentoring field has long understood…

No One Should Leave Empty-Handed: Single-Session Approaches for Youth on Waitlists
By Jean Rhodes
When a young person and their family reach…

Important New Evaluation Highlights the Promise (and Limits) of CBT-Informed Mentoring
By Jean Rhodes
A new randomized controlled trial of the YMCA's…

