Category Archives: Parenting

Posts about parenthood from a “modern” dad’s perspective.

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How to Safely and Responsibly Introduce Your Kids to Social Media

Two weeks ago we celebrated our daughter, Jaicey’s, 14th birthday! It is pretty surreal having a 14-year-old daughter. The fact that when we talk to her we are looking eye-to-eye is…different. And actually my wife has to look up to her. She is growing physically, but also emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.

How to Safely and Responsibly Introduce Your Kids to Social Media

We are definitely in a new season of parenting. It’s exciting, scary, and sometimes we get a little nostalgic as we look back over the past 14 years. One thing’s for sure…we can’t go back. We are focusing on what’s in front of us now, and looking at what’s ahead.

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A Father’s Day Party? Yes, I’m Hosting a Twitter Party and You’re Invited!

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. – Bill Cosby

A Father's Day Party? Yes, I'm hosting a Father's Day Twitter Party | JackieBledsoe.com - Lead and Love the Ones Who Matter Most

Ahh the “ultimate” Father’s Day gag gift, soap-on-a-rope. As we all know, or at least we should, Father’s Day is this Sunday. I can admit that even as a dad, I don’t put too much thought into Father’s Day or recognizing it for my dad or other dads. And I usually don’t expect too much. My dad is exactly the same way.

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I’m a Daddy! [VIDEO] (Inspired by Pharrell’s “Happy”)

Someone shared this video with me today, and it provided my feel good moment of the day. So, I thought I’d pass it on. I have nothing to add to the video other than saying…

I’m a Daddy!

Would you say one of the best gifts you’ve ever received is the opportunity to be a daddy? If so, please tell me in the comments section, followed by the words, “I’m a Daddy!”

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The 3 Step Plan to G.E.T. Better as a Husband and Father

On my wedding day I was given the advice, “be a man for your family.” To a 26-year-old man who was entering marriage already with a child, it sounded like profound advice. I thought, “this is what it takes, I have to be a man for my family.”

The 3-Step Plan to G.E.T. Better as a Husband and Father | JackieBledsoe.com - Lead and Love the Ones Who Matter Most

If I could just be that man for my family, then things would go well, and I’d be doing what I was suppose to be doing. But over time when life, marriage, parenting, and family become more real, I realized I had no clue.