If Any of This Sounds Like You...
Read through these. If you're nodding your head, you're in the right place.
☘Watch kids during community events so their parents can actually participate and enjoy themselves
☘Teach a kid to play poker — not for gambling, for math and strategy and reading people and patience
☘Mentor a teenager who needs a positive adult in their life who isn't their parent — sometimes that's the only voice they'll hear
☘Help with homework at community events — you'd be surprised how many kids come with their parents and need help
☘Run a game or activity table for kids at family events — keep them busy so the adults can connect
☘Be a Big Brother or Big Sister figure for a child who doesn't have one — your consistency changes their trajectory
☘Teach a young person a skill — chess, cooking, fishing, building, drawing, anything that shows them the world is bigger
☘Listen to a teenager vent without lecturing — sometimes they just need someone to hear them who isn't going to ground them
☘Show up at a kid's school event because their parent can't make it — someone in the crowd cheering changes everything
☘Just play. Play catch. Play cards. Play pretend. Play is how kids learn they matter, and you're teaching them