by Jackie Bledsoe | Oct 20, 2013 | Raising Kids
This weekend has been a busy and fun weekend for me, my family, and my city, Indianapolis. Tonight, on Sunday Night Football on NBC, my hometown Indianapolis Colts will play the Denver Broncos. It is Peyton Manning’s big return to Indy after a decade plus of...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Sep 5, 2013 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
The 2013 NFL Kickoff is tonight starting with the defending Super Bowl Champs the Baltimore Ravens taking on the Denver Broncos. What better way to kickoff the season then by chatting with two-time Super Bowl Champion, entrepreneur, sports parent and Indy native...
by Guest | Aug 3, 2013 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
Most of us want our children to be great at sports. Who among us would not want our son or daughter to be the next Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, Mia Hamm or Annika Sorenstam? This is a guest post by Wendy Lynne, the Director of Mental Toughness Academy. The Academy’s...
by Guest | Aug 2, 2013 | Raising Kids
If you have a child in youth sports, then you know that kids make mistakes and often struggle to recover from them. The following excerpt from Football Momʼs Survival Guide may be speaking to moms of football players, but the truths are for every parent of a young...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Aug 1, 2013 | Raising Kids
Today is my daughter’s 13th birthday. That is serious. She is my first born child, and life has not been the same since. So I want to say Happy Birthday to her, and I’m thankful that God chose me, out of billions of men, to be her father. Here is an...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Aug 1, 2013 | Raising Kids
Today is our daughter’s 13th birthday. I really cannot believe she is 13! Just like every other parent, it seems like yesterday we were holding her in our arms. I’ve been told the teenage years come with many challenges. Challenges that will test our...