friendships

Conceiving

Infertility: With a little help from your friends

I attended my first RESOLVE (The National Infertility Association) support group meeting with much trepidation, and now that I’ve...

New Moms

5 Friends every mom needs in her life

Positive friendships are a must-have in every woman's life. This year, we encourage you to find these five important friends.

Parenting Tips & Advice

Are you the victim of a mom bully?

Face it — we can’t all be BFFs. Most of the time, even with our differences, we can get along and play nice with the other moms on...

New mom health and wellness

Don't lose your non-mom friends when you become a mom

It's easy to get lost in the abyss of new motherhood, but don't leave your non-mom friends behind! They are the ones who can remind...

School Age Kids

9 Ways to end the summer fighting in your home

The neighborhood kids have chosen your home as the "cool" place to hang out. Great, eh? After all, friends do play a big part of our...

Friendship

How to balance your relationship with your friendships

You had your own friends before you met your man. So did he. How about now? Have those friendships stayed intact or are they...

Friendship

When you don't like your BFF's man

What happens when you have a best friend you love and adore and yet she comes with a bit of baggage? And by baggage, we don't mean...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Parenting Guru: Can your kids relate cross-culturally?

When your kids get into the career world, they’ll likely work with people from an array of races, beliefs and backgrounds. Feeling...

Super Mom Tips

The importance of friends you can count on

The Beatles were partially right when they sang, “We get by with a little help from our friends.” In today’s world, with all the...

Tweens, Teens & College

Don't sabotage your teen's social life

We all want our teens to be able to make friends and build friendships. At times, it’s tempting to go overboard in trying to help...

Children's School & Education

How to befriend a bully

Though it won't work in every instance, sometimes it's possible to reach out and befriend a bully. Turning an enemy into a friend...

Family Fun

How to find your mom-tribe

It's so important to find friends that can relate to our crazy child-filled lives. Here's how you can find your mom friends and stop...

Parenting Advice & Columns

How to break up with a mom friend

It’s just not working out with that friend in your life, so how do you move on? Check out these tips on how to get rid of toxic...

Super Moms Guide: Time Management

Are your mom friends lame?

Feel like there’s zero time to find new mom friends in your all-encompassing world of motherhood? Find out how to make friends,...

Child Development & Health

Help your kids learn to make amends for mistakes

There are times when a simple “I’m sorry” isn’t enough. It’s hard enough to face this situation as an adult, but it can be even...

Friendship

Making new friends as an adult

In grade school, making friends was a snap. You looked around the classroom, located a kid whose jumper you liked, bonded over a...

Mom & Dad

Parenting and old friends: Do they mix?

One of my oldest friends just invited me and my husband out for dinner on Saturday night with her friends. I didn't know if I could...

Time Management

The lost art of letter writing

Emailing, tweeting, texting -- 20 years ago, these things were unheard of. Now, we can't live without them. Although the advances in...

Hobbies

Top 10 ways to reconnect with your friends

If you're feeling nostalgic, try some new technology to reach out to old long-lost friends.

Hobbies

5 Signs you're out of touch with your world

You may think you're up on current events, but if any of these five signs apply to you, you're not.

New mom health and wellness

6 Ways to maintain your social life as a new mom

You may be a new mom, but that doesn’t mean your social life has to go out the window. In fact, you need your friends now more than...