The Message

Be That Adult exists to inspire and empower adults to become the supportive, consistent, and caring presence they once needed-and that young people need now. Through storytelling, mentorship, and intentional connection, we encourage adults to show up with love, accountability, and authenticity for the youth they serve and interact with.

We envision a world where every young person is surrounded by adults who lead with compassion, listen deeply, and model what it means to care. By shifting culture and normalizing mentorship in everyday life, we aim to build communities rooted in connection-where adults rise with purpose and young people thrive because they are seen, supported, and believed in.

Be That Adult is a message and movement that encourages adults to be the kind of supportive, consistent, and loving person they once needed-and that young people need now. It focuses on inspiring everyday adults to show up and make a difference.

Becoming With Guidance is the program side of the work. It offers hands-on mentorship, learning, and community experiences for youth—led by adults who are committed to showing up with care and guidance.

While they each have a different focus-one inspiring adults, the other directly supporting youth-they work together to create a stronger, more connected future for both.

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The Mission

  • To bring awareness to informal and formal mentorship and the benefits of these relationships on those involved and to show how it ripples and has an effect on the communities
  • To celebrate and promote the everyday adults who serve youth and young adults in a positive way and share their personal stories, philosophies and their WHY around serving youth and young adults
  • To share stories of those impacted by a mentor to demonstrate how having one positive adult and a safe and nurturing community can help positively impact the life of a youth or young adult
  • To inspire and motivate others to be that adult in their families, their communities and for those that they serve

Ultimately we’d like to provide youth and young adults with positive mentorship relationships, social and personal development skills and opportunities and life experiences to help widen their perspectives and shape their understandings of their unique skills and how they fit into and benefit the world and those around them.

We aim to create a non-profit organization around these goals. All of this is still in the works!

Please reach out to us if you are interested in getting involved or are curious about supporting the movement!

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Our Core Values

There are many values that we believe in but these are our Core Values and how they are significant to the mission

  • Community; it takes a community to raise a child. The child needs a safe and nurturing community to grow and develop surrounded by the guidance and support of caring adults who are positive examples in their own life.
  • Empathy; to understand someone else means to step into their shoes and understand their backgrounds, perspectives, attitudes, beliefs, experiences, culture and family and community dynamics.
  • Integrity; we help others along the way while maintaining true alignment with our highest values. We do the right thing for ourselves, others and our community whether or not people are watching or not.

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