Many high schools have mentoring programs that assign a mentor to either troubled teens or any teen that wishes to sign up for the program on their own. Mentors will take the teen out of school activities to bond and earn each other's trust while also having fun at the same time. Those activities could be mini-golf, seeing a movie, having lunch or going to a sporting event.

Mentoring programs across the country have helped thousands of teens straighten out their lives and focus their sights on getting good grades, getting into college and landing a great job once out of school. These role models can help teens on the wrong path get back on track by quitting smoking, stop using drugs or stop abusing alcohol whatever their issues may be.

Mentoring can also be a choice for an untroubled teen that just needs a positive influence in their life if their situation at home isn’t that good or they might just want a mentor for the fun of having an older role model. Mentoring has been around for years and continues to grow in popularity today.