Big Brothers & Big Sisters
 

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I would love to!... but I think you have to have some kind of degree to do it in the states, at least to work for them.

Really?

Here you just have to be 18 or older. They check to see if you have a criminal record and you have to do some kind of child safety program (which they provide, I think) You also have to fill out an application and go to an interview.

I think I might sign up. I dunno. I need something to do, anyway.

You might as well apply anyways. I know if you get a kid that you really don't click with they set you up with someone else.

I'm just afraid the kids will be afraid of me :(

Psh, if I were a little girl and I got to hang out with some chick with green hair, I'd be delighted.

I'm just afraid they wouldn't be able to find a kid that matches well with me. It's hard to find girls that are heavily interested in music and video games.

You could always be matched with a little boy?

I would have liked being matched with a green haired girl when I was little too. I do come across kids who are afraid of me though :(

Well, come to think of it, I remember the first weird coloured hair I saw. I was sitting in my dad's truck as a child and this guy with a huge lime green mohawk walked by haha. I was a little scared, but it sparked my curiosity for coloured hair.

Hey, Emmah, you could teach them how to color their hair and all about rodents!

I would definitely bring a rat to show them if they were interested! I wouldn't encourage a child to colour their hair though, that might cause some issues with the parents. "When you're older," is what I would tell them. Depending on the age of the kid I guess.

i was one briefly when i lived in texas for 6 months back in 1990. i really don't remember much about it. in fact, i only just remembered that i had done it at all because of this thread.

Well, that was 18 years ago!

It's possible that I wasn't even born then haha, depending on when in the year you did it.

You should try to remember some things for me ;)

I was just thinking about this same topic when I saw that Simpsons episode the other day. "I'll take him! Do you have one in blonde?".

That's a good one!

But so insensitive.

If you dress in nice clothes, or just decent clothes you'll be fine. Having the right attitude helps too. My best friend who dyes her hair a lot is really perky and fun loving and out going so no one was ever afraid of her. Just don't be withdrawn and creepy.

Hahaha, well I wouldn't try to be withdrawn or creepy.