Mom Friends- How to Make Them, How To Keep Them
b'Do you go on a moms\\u2019 night out and talk about \\u2026 your kids? Does morning dropoff chit-chat feel\\xa0like a middle school cafeteria?\\n\\xa0In this episode we talk about deepening bonds with your mom friends, and keeping those relationships going when your kids graduate from whatever preschool or karate class brought you together in the first place.\\n\\xa0In this episode, we discuss:\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0how to make the leap from a \\u201cmom chat\\u201d to a mom friend\\n\\xa0whether you have to be a phone talker to be a good mom friend (Amy hopes not)\\n\\xa0what to do when it\\u2019s your third kid and you\\u2019re plumb out of friend-making bandwidth\\n\\xa0the Bechdel test and its useful application to your mom-friend conversations (if you don\\u2019t know \\u201cBobby\\u2019s mom\\u2019s\\u201d first name, try harder)\\nimposter syndrome, sadly universal in the mom friend world\\nwhat to do when your kids don\\u2019t want to be friends anymore but you still like each other\\nhow to maintain your relationships with friends who aren\\u2019t parents (remember them?)\\n\\nWe love this advice from Darcy Shapiro for Scary Mommy: \\u201cHow Making Mom Friends Feels Just Like Dating\\u201d\\n\\nA wise friend once told me about the rule of threes- that is, she always makes sure when she likes someone (male, female, friend or date), she makes a point of hanging out with that person three times in quick succession, thereby never letting the momentum lull. After three times, a level of comfort is generally established whereby it becomes acceptable once again to take things for granted and get lazy. I fully ascribe to this strategy.\\n\\n\\xa0\\nIf you\\u2019re looking for another great parenting podcast, check out Joyful Courage. Hosted by Casey O\\u2019Roarty, Joyful Courage is a \\u201cconscious parenting podcast\\u201d featuring real talk with parenting experts designed to support, inspire and inform those of us on the parent journey. Casey believes our kids choose us, and that the challenges they present us with are exactly the challenges we need. How\\u2019s that for perspective?\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'