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Scared Parents Are Avoiding Playdates For "Safety Concerns." What Gives?

By Patrick A. Coleman

12 Ways Friendship Changes When You Become a Dad

By Matt Christensen

What to Do if You're Feeling Lonely

By Lizzy Francis

How I Stay Sane

It’s Damn Hard to Find New Dad Friends. Here’s How I Found Mine.

By Lizzy Francis

How to Help a Child Make New Friends

By Matthew Utley

Opinion

Talking to Dads at the Playground Is Hard for a Reason

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I Lost My Friend to the Anti-Vaccination Movement Many parents have been forced to cut ties with friends or family members who preach anti-vaxxer logic. We spoke to five people who did.

"He just looked at our cat, and kicked it." Every dad has that one friend of their kid they just can't stand. Here, a dozen dads explain their pint-sized nemeses.

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.

6 Harsh Truths About Playdates to Know Before Having One Playing with other kids is crucial for a child to be socialized and learn how to interact with others appropriately, but playdates aren’t always playful or easy.

How to Use Apple’s New Group FaceTime (and Explain It to Grandpa) The new app lets you video chat with up to 32 people at once. Here's how it works — and how to troubleshoot when relatives are stumped by it.

How to Be Confident Without Coming Off as an Arrogant Jerk An important life skill.

8 Board Games For Adults That Will Amp Up Your Next Game Night Whether you're looking for a game to test your trivia smarts or just offer some NSFW fun.

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

The One Weekly Ritual That Saved My Friendships After I Had Kids When we moved to a town near friends, I envisioned an idyllic utopia where we all pitched in to help our children grow. Only problem: I never saw anybody.

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.

Are Female Friendships Dangerous for Married Men? Fear of sexual tension and relationships make male-female friendships a hard sell for married men.

You Hate Your Wife's Friends Because You're Jealous If difficulties between you and your wife's friends are causing a rift in your marriage, those friends are most likely not the problem.

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.

Can I Save My Kid From America's Loneliness Crisis? A new study suggests Americans, and particularly young Americans, are more lonely than ever before. But how do I keep my kids from experiencing it?

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.

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