If your idea is publicly credited to another, correct the record with three friendly specific sentences immediately.

Prepare three STAR stories (Situation—Task—Action—Result) that cover 80% of behavioral interview questions.

Compare your skills to a dream job's requirements, identify 3 gaps to close in 90 days.

Do not ask "will you be my mentor?". Ask "30 minutes on one specific question" and repeat in a month if it works.

Instead of "will you be my mentor?", request a specific 30-min meeting around one question.

Mentorship gives advice. Sponsorship gives opportunities. Whom do you specifically sponsor in rooms they can't enter?

Mentorship means giving advice in the room; sponsorship means saying their name in rooms they don't attend — deliberately practice the latter, not just the former.

Prep IEP meeting with 3 documents + 5 questions + calm stance — no flare-ups.

Help your teen explore his own path, not re-execute the dream you never fulfilled.