It can sometimes feel easier to share thoughts and feelings with someone who has similar experiences. Mentoring is a first form of support, based on the expert experience of adoptive families and adoptees. Mentoring is based on the personal relationship that forms between the mentor and the mentee. The mentor is a balanced, caring, reliable adult peer, who has been interviewed and has received training for the job ahead. Suggested minimum age limit for the mentor is 25 years, but every applicant is warmly welcomed and evaluated individually. Mentors are entitled to receive support and professional guidance as a volunteer, as well as participate in recreational activities and further training. The mentors provide support in their own individual way, by simply listening, talking, and sharing advice when needed. Participation is free-of-charge for both the mentor and the mentee.

The need for mentoring can appear in different stages of live, when you are considering to adopt, when your child start school, adolescence or when an adoptee is showing interest to reconnect with their birthfamily. Mentoring is offered nation-wide to all adoptees of all ages: kids, teenagers, adults, and seniors. The duration of mentorship can be adapted to match the mentees need of support. An adult adoptee can volunteer as a mentor to another adoptee as well as an adoptive family or prospective parents. Similarly, an adoptive parent can create a mentor relationship with another adoptive parent, family, adoptee or prospective parent.