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Connect and Conquer: Making Mom Friends in the Modern Age
Feeling alone? Learn how to find mom friends online & in your community. Build your village, overcome challenges & connect now!
Why are meaningful friendships so important for teens?
Meaningful friendships help tether teens to a successful path. They act as an anchor for teens to hold onto. In my husband’s and my home, we showed the value of these anchors through a long-held tradition —family meals. No matter what the schedule was, we ate, talked, dreamed, laughed, and wrestled through hard questions together […]
Making Mom Friends During Covid-19
I’ve never had trouble making friends. In high school, I was that kid who bopped from group to group, never settling with any one posse, happily getting along with people from all different social circles. And then I got older. And then I became a mom. Our friends and colleagues were split… They were either […]
Dissolving Friendships with Kids on the Autism Spectrum
We all have friendships. And, somewhere along the way many of us have had to walk away from a friendship or two—for whatever reason. Friendships happen in many ways, with or without our kids. With kids, I’d like to address two situations… One is when parents are friends, and they get their children together. The […]
Two 4-Year-Old Best Friends Show What Happens When You Don’t Teach You’re Kids How To Hate
[nextpage title=”Next” ] Sondheim tried to tell us in a warped fairy tale; hatred is taught, not born. Prejudices are enforced with blind caution create a self-perpetuating cycle of racism, gender bias, and mindless violence. My own experience reaches back to first grade where I sat in a classroom with white kids, black kids, Asian […]