Mentoring Minutes: Weekly Messages to Encourage Anyone Guiding Youth

by Robin Cox; Susan G. Weinberger

Publisher:

Resource Publications

, 2020

Overview

Mentoring Minutes: Weekly Messages to Encourage Anyone Guiding Youth aims to encourage and equip people working with youth with the knowledge, strategies, ideas, and recent youth research to build meaningful and developmental relationships with these young people. There are five daily messages for fifty-two weeks of the year which cover topics like: understanding the world of youth, self-image, the impact of technology on youth, resiliency, goal setting, effective communication, values, how to resolve conflicts using a positive mindset, the role of family and other networks in the lives of youth, and the power of mentoring. True stories of mentoring experiences of the author and others are included, along with short daily tips to promote the spirit of mentoring, and weekly quotes to inspire the reader. The hundreds of strategies and tips are arranged into general themes focused on the development of the whole person. This user-friendly book will be an encouragement to schools, youth workers, mentors, parents, grandparents, employers of young people, indeed, anyone who wishes to see young people fulfill their potential.

Praise for Mentoring Minutes

Mentoring Minutes is a wonderful book that will be enormously helpful to programs and mentors alike. Through engaging quotes and upbeat messages, mentoring expert Robin Cox has found a way to deliver just the right balance of research and inspiration.

——Jean Rhodes, Frank L. Boyden Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Cox’s book gives endless practical advice to mentors alongside grounded mentoring theory. He carefully balances the primacy to build trust with the new research recommending a more intentional approach. The week by week format helpfully mirrors the mentoring journey and gives hope to the young people Cox shows such a belief in.

——Matthew Button, Practice Manager, Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Zealand

This book is an amazing resource for anyone working with a young person in a mentoring role—both in and outside of programs. A lifetime’s worth of wisdom and insight has been collected and shared here. Robin has done a wonderful job of highlighting many of the intricacies of the art of mentoring and I hope this book encourages new mentors and fortifies those who are already supporting young people.

——Michael Garringer, Director of Research and Evaluation, MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership

Product Details

• Title: Mentoring Minutes: Weekly Messages to Encourage Anyone Guiding Youth
• Authors: Robin Cox, Susan G. Weinberger
• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 268
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781725269460, 9781725269446, 1725269449, 9781725269453, 1725269457, 1725269465
• Resource ID: LLS:9781725269460
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T17:31:18Z

About the Authors

Robin Cox was a school principal in southern Africa, sports coach to national under-nineteen level, and developer of youth mentoring programs in New Zealand and Australia. Robin has written books about teacher-mentors, youth mentoring, peer mentoring, and encouraging youth to fulfill their potential. He has trained over a thousand volunteer adult mentors, run education and spirit of mentoring workshops in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India and Jamaica, and personally mentored over a thousand adolescents and many adults. A cancer survivor, Robin is married with two adult children and lives in New Zealand.