Key Takeaways Friendships with other parents are invaluable to our mental health but there are times when those friends turn out to be harming our mental health more than helping.Toxic friends are ...

I was 26 when I had my son, and I didn't realize how important it was to have mom friends. I tried to make some at first, but when nothing stuck, I sort of gave up. Then, a good friend of mine had a ...

As a new mom living in a new area I felt isolated and craved adult interaction. Making friends as an adult is terrifyingly different than connecting with people at work or school. After putting myself ...

While I watched my son try to swing himself to a galaxy far, far away, I gave myself a pep talk. When we arrived at the playground, I spotted a few moms talking by the benches. I didn’t know them but ...

Annalee Ford took to social media to discuss making and maintaining friendships. Making friends can be hard but making mom friends might as well be as difficult as finding that elusive needle in a ...

My family moved from New York City to Texas, and I quickly tried to make new mom friends. As a stay-at-home mom, I was hyper-involved in my kids' activities. After I got divorced, I decided to ...

When Annalee Ford welcomed her first child in 2018, she pictured herself pushing strollers in the park with a gaggle of mom friends. But Ford, a civil engineer in Denver, spent her first few years of ...