Families in Colorado Springs, Monument, Fountain and the Pikes Peak region can work with a Blackburn mentor by video. Each person has one dedicated mentor, meets weekly or more often in Mountain time, and stays in touch by text and phone between sessions. Our team is in Los Angeles, and Colorado Springs clients work with us online.
A military town under Pikes Peak
Colorado Springs is shaped by its military installations, including Fort Carson, Peterson and Schriever, along with the defense and aerospace contractors that cluster around them. It is also home to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, and to many faith-based organizations. Garden of the Gods, Cheyenne Mountain and Pikes Peak are part of everyday life.
That means many families here move often, many young people grow up around service and discipline, and many teens have a parent who is deployed or working odd hours.
Constant through a move
Military families may relocate every two or three years. Each move means a new school, new friends and a new routine. A mentor who works by video stays the same through all of it. The student keeps one adult who knows their goals and history, at the same weekly time, from Colorado to the next duty station. Our guide on building teen confidence has ideas for helping kids settle in.
When a parent is deployed
With one parent away, the other is often running the household alone. A mentor does not replace either parent, but weekly sessions and midweek check-ins give a teenager structure and someone outside the family to talk goals with. The parent at home gets regular progress updates.
Young adults choosing a path
Young people in the Springs often weigh options that families elsewhere might not: enlisting, applying to a service academy or ROTC program, civilian work in defense and aerospace, college, or a trade. A mentor helps them look at each honestly:
- What daily life is really like in each path.
- Who they can talk to who has done it.
- What they need to do in the next six months to keep each option open.
- How to decide, and by when.
Time zone and schedule
Colorado is one hour ahead of Los Angeles. A 4 pm session in Colorado Springs is 3 pm for the mentor, and evening slots work for young adults with daytime jobs or shift work. Schedules can shift around training, deployments and sports seasons.
Sessions run 30 or 60 minutes, weekly or several times a week, on a weekly or monthly plan, with short text and phone check-ins in between. Starting takes a five-minute assessment and a free intro call with our team.
Where a mentor helps
A mentor offers practical guidance and steady accountability, not tutoring, therapy or admissions advice. If stress around a deployment or a move has become more than a rough patch, a licensed professional is the right step, and a mentor can work alongside one with permission. In a crisis, call or text 988. Families with teens begin with mentoring for high school students; young adults with young adult mentoring. Read about video sessions on our online mentoring page.
Colorado Springs at a glance for families and young adults
Beyond the bases, Colorado Springs has a sizable cybersecurity and space sector, a tourism economy around Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs and Pikes Peak, health care, and many national nonprofits and faith-based organizations headquartered in town. Growth has pushed north toward Monument and east toward Falcon and Peyton, and rising housing costs mean many young adults rent with roommates or stay home longer. Plenty of residents commute up I-25 to jobs in Denver.
Altitude, sunshine and trails make an active lifestyle easy, and many young athletes train here seriously. Afternoon thunderstorms and hail are common in summer, and snow can arrive early in fall. For teens on the eastern plains side, distances to school and activities are long. Young adults include many veterans and transitioning service members figuring out what civilian life looks like. For teens and college students, the mix of military culture, outdoor sport and a growing tech sector offers more paths than many expect, as long as someone helps them look at each one before deadlines force a choice.
Situations that come up often in Colorado Springs
- A young athlete training at a high level is trying to keep school and sleep on track.
- A young adult commutes to Denver on I-25 and has lost evenings to the drive.
- A teen in Falcon or Peyton spends so much time driving to activities that schoolwork slips.
- A service member is leaving the military and is unsure how to translate experience into a civilian career.
- A young adult in a seasonal tourism job in Manitou Springs wants steadier work.
Colorado Springs is on Mountain time, the zone we use to schedule sessions here, all by video. In-person mentoring is available only in Los Angeles. Families often use our guides on veteran transition mentoring and mentoring for student athletes.
Related
- Online mentoring in Denver and Boulder
- Online mentoring in Fort Collins
- Mentoring in Colorado
- Mentoring for families
- Education guides for families
Common questions
Can mentoring continue after a PCS move?
Yes. Sessions are online, so the same mentor continues at the same weekly time after the family relocates.
Do mentors help teens thinking about military service?
Yes. Mentors help them research enlisting, officer paths, college and civilian careers, and make a plan with clear next steps.
Can sessions fit around shift work or irregular hours?
Yes. Sessions are set in Mountain time, and the slot can move when a schedule changes.
Get started
Want to talk about mentoring for your family in Colorado Springs? Call (888) 305 5422, email contact@blackburnmentoring.com or start with a short assessment. A member of our team reviews every assessment personally and sets up a free intro call.