Mentorship programs are valued by parents and communities for their ability to improve the self-esteem and relationships of youth participants. Now, new research from the University of Illinois Chicago shows that kids who participate in Big Brothers Big Sisters, the oldest and largest such program in the United States, are less likely to engage in violent behavior or substance use than those who don’t.
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