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Finding an Adult Mentor for Your Child's Interests

Finding an Adult Mentor for Your Child's Interests — Practical activities guides from the Parenting lane. HowTo: Family Edition: family how-tos that actually h…

Identify the Goal of Mentorship
Look Within Existing Communities
Consider Formal Programs
Approaching a Potential Mentor
Maintaining Healthy Boundaries

How to recognize the obsession when it arrives — and what to do that week. · How to feed it without organizing it — the supply line and the restraint posture. · How to find the adult mentor — the chess club, the model shop, the knitting circle. · How to listen to the detail — fourteen consecutive facts about trains, gracefully. · How to handle the obsession that is strange to you — and the bias to recognize. · How to tell a developmental obsession from a harmful one — and the watch line. · How to be with the obsession that ends — and the infrastructure it leaves behind. · How to Introduce New Foods to a Picky Eater · How to Advocate for Your Child in Medical Settings · When to Trust Your Parental Instincts About Your Child's Health