Having a network of friends during early parenthood is crucial. But if you’ve recently moved, or are the first mom in your friend group, it’s not so easy. Here are a few ways you can make mom friends as a new mom.
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30 Date Night Spots Open for Dine-In Around DFW
Wanting to safely venture out for a date night sans kiddos? Check out these 30 spots around the Metroplex with dine-in options.
Resolving Quarantine Conflict in Your Home
We talked to Jan Holmes, Ph.D., a licensed professional counselor who practices in Trophy Club, for her insights on resolving conflict.
How To: Quarantine Date Night
Our mommy blogger Jenay gave us a few of her ideas on how to do a quarantine date night—from getting a “sitter” to preparing a romantic meal.
Family Date Night Ideas for Valentine’s Day
Looking for some new, creative date night ideas for you and your family this Valentine’s Day?
Lost That Lovin’ Feeling? How to Keep Your Marriage Strong
Keeping the relationship alive with your spouse gets tough once you have children. But date night is not as important as connecting.
Baby-Nups: What Are They? And Would You Create One?
Have you heard of it? Currently, “baby-nups” are becoming the next parenting trend that new parents are using to ensure responsibilities are considered and divided once the little one arrives.
How To Handle Family Conflict During the Holidays
Don’t get along with your mother-in-law? Disagree with your cousin’s political views? Here’s how to keep the peace at Christmas.
How To Make Your House Feel Like Home After Divorce
How to make a home for kids split between two houses and families
Mommy Matchmakers
Make new friends via two apps for busy moms
Lean on Me
Where parents of children with special needs can find community, support and space to be themselves.
Retying The Knot
Caring for two little ones, working full time and traveling for work took a toll on our marriage, but we recognized this early and have spent the last several months working on reconnecting.
How to Make Fellow Mom Friends
Instantly, I recognized her as a fellow traveler on the weird journey of new motherhood. And with that stroke of courage on her part, Stacy quickly became one of my closest friends.
Teaching Kids to Think for Themselves
Most brain development in children happens before the age of 3. So parents are encouraged to actively engage in their child’s initial touching, talking, reading and playing experiences, which leads to successful parent-guided parent-child collaborations in the future. That’s right: The molding of good decision makers starts at infancy and grows from there.
How to Talk to Your Black Kids Honestly About Race
Race is an abstract concept for children to grasp and can prove to be tricky waters for parents to navigate.
Raising Fatherless Kids
More than 24 million American children are being raised without the presence of their biological fathers.
Paranoid Parenting's Pitfalls
Given all the scary segments on nightly newscasts, it’s easy to assume that predators hide behind every corner. Has the inundation of graphic images bolstered an epidemic of paranoid parenting?
Is it OK to Spank Your Kids?
As many as 80 percent of parents around the world spank their children. But 50 years of research now shows spanking kids does way more harm than good.
Peeping Mom
Monitoring children has been a hotly contested topic in recent years with the introduction of apps and software that let parents keep tabs on, well, everything their child does. Some classify this as parenting; others (like myself) look at it as an invasion of privacy that might actually do more harm than good.
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