it should be a partnership.
parents should begin the mentoring process to include morality, ethics, manners, and proper behavior. if a kid, while growing up, is never allowed to lose, is always rescued and let to win, is taught to believe that participation is the whole ball game, never has to solve a problem on its own, etc., well the child will never respond appropriately to good mentoring. if a kid is taught to think, solve problems, be responsible and accountable, learn from defeat, graciously accept victory, and that someone else might actually be better than them at some things, then proper corporate mentoring will be a natural transition to the big boy world.
the education system, which has traditionally played a large role in all this, too, is now more intent on indoctrination than education. this is blatantly evident when you watch a store clerk try to calculate change if the computers go down at the wrong time. or when you read message boards like this and see the abominable spelling and grammar parading as english.
however, as a long time manager of hundreds of young people, i have seen too many instances where they expect - actually expect - the rest of the company to shoulder the load of moving the ball to the goal line and then hand it to them carry it in for the touchdown and the attendant glory. if they don't get their way, they run to h.r. and throw buzz phrases around (and they know all of those phrases and how to use them) and usually management caves because it's easier than funding a lawsuit.
so, yes, there is a difference, but they are inextricably joined at the hip.
and one more thing: why don't you ever respond to your b-mail? asking for a friend......