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How to Cope with the End of a Close Friendship

By Steve Calechman

8 Signs It's Time to Break Up With a Parent Friend

By Ashley Abramson

The Remarkable Importance of Casual Acquaintances

By Steve Calechman

Why You Should Ghost Friends You Don't Want to See Anymore

By Steve Calechman

12 Ways Friendship Changes When You Become a Dad

By Matt Christensen

Opinion

Talking to Dads at the Playground Is Hard for a Reason

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The Friend I Said Goodbye to When I Became a Dad Some of the first casualties of fatherhood are the friendships that helped get you there.

The 7 Types of Friends All Grown Men Need to Have They'll shape you as a husband, father, and human being.

There's Nothing Wrong With Using Playdates for Professional Networking Playdates are ideal for networking with people you might otherwise not meet. Take advantage of it.

Fatherhood Teaches You Who Your Real Friends Are Becoming a dad teaches you a lot of lessons. One of the biggest? That many friendships are situational.

How to Not Lose Friends to Fatherhood Yes, fatherhood can be tough on friendships. But there are ways to make it work.

The 20-Year Running Club That Made Me a Better Dad It's about the exercise, sure. But it's about being able to talk to them about anything.

Fatherhood Kills Friendships. Here's How I Saved Mine. After becoming a dad, there are no day-long hangs or all-hours bonding sessions. But you can still make friendships work. Here's how I did.

How to Hang Out With Another Dad You Just Can't Stand If your child is friends with someone whose parent just flat-out sucks, here are a few ways to slog through your inevitable interactions.

How to Hang at a Bachelor Party Now That You’re a Dad It's bachelor party season. Here are a few things that you, a man with kids, should keep in mind.

What Black Dads Need White Dads to Know Our kids are friends and I'd like to be friends, too. Let's just clear a few things up.

7 Ways to Stay Friends With Your Friends Now That You Have Kids You got this.

How to Compliment Another Man Without it Being Awkward or Weird Men want and crave compliments because they rarely receive them, but that means getting out of their head and their comfort zone.

How to Reach Out to an Old Friend Without Making it Awkward After you have kids, it's easy to let friends slip away. Here's how to get back in with your buddies.

I'm Cripplingly Shy. Here's How I Learned to Make Dad Friends For My Daughters’ Sake The things kids help us accomplish.

The Kid-Free Tradition That Keeps My Friends and I Sane Every year, my buddies and I go away for a few nights to watch basketball, drink beer, act like idiots, and gush about our kids. It's value cannot be overstated.

Damn It's Hard to Find a Dad-Friend I just need a dude to quote 'Anchorman' and talk about stocks, someone who'll remind me of the me I was back when the only child depending on me was myself. But, man, is it hard.

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