<p>legendofmax - it is always wonderful to hear from you, for those of us who followed your path during your very difficult times. you have contributed a lot to this thread.</p>
<p>sunshadow - Such a program was started by another parent at my state's juvenile detention facility. This is admittedly a very specialized group of kids, whose parents are often not much in the picture, and whose college goals are very different from those of many of our kids. I participate in that program. On a thread I started about this program, some other parents wondered as you do and a couple mentioned doing this type of mentoring at their local high schools.</p>