The Comeback Kid Mentorship Program

203 - Cordan James Haveron: "The Comeback Kid" by The Resilience Breakthrough Podcast Some people called Cordan James a “crack baby,” a negative label he’s learned to reframe. Cordan is a fighter. As the only black person in a rural community, he fought to belong. As a young man, he also fought to fit in… and sometimes to stand out. He spent his life in the Foster Care system...

Dads it’s okay to love on our sons ‼️🩵 They need us right now in the worst way! I’m pouring into not only mines but in my community as well as being a Coach! Most of the kids on the football field or basketball courts have only there mother that they live with! So with that let’s put in the work to pour into our kids! It’s okay to hug on our boys s**t I kiss mines on the forehead and just love on them too…… @the_dad_corner #dadcorner #alhamdulillah #alhamdulillah #alhamdulillah

“I'm more a brother or a friend, I guess, than a parent or anything. That's the way I try to act and be with him. I don't want him to think—and I don't think he does-that I'm like a teacher or a parent or something.... I don't want him to be uncomfortable, like I'm going to be there always looking over his shoulder and always there to report him for things he does wrong and that he tells me. I just want to be there as his friend to help him out.”
Mentor, Minneapolis

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