When is it too late to make mom friends?

[Anonymous]

Op, I would say preschool and K was the best!
Them 2nd through 4th grade was other good wave!

Not so much in MS or HS from my own experiences with both children. Maybe different if you have active outside travel sports or in a band.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op, I would say preschool and K was the best!
Them 2nd through 4th grade was other good wave!

Not so much in MS or HS from my own experiences with both children. Maybe different if you have active outside travel sports or in a band.

I just recently made some new friends at my kid’s middle school. I volunteered to chair a committee and got to know some moms who volunteered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have never had “mom friends”; I don’t get it. I don’t want to be friends with someone just because they have kids my kids’ age.

I have a rising 3rd and 6th grader. No local family. Not lonely on weekends. I don’t understand now that is possible: I spend time with my kids. I work a lot so weekends are our time. Not with other people.

I am sure it is possible for you to find but I suspect a lot of people in this area feel like me. I think you would have an easier time with this in a more slow-paced area rather than the DMV.

Do your kids play sports? My kids are the same ages and we spend most weekends at soccer games or swim meets. It works well that my friends also have kids playing sports so I’m spending the weekend with friend and with my kids. Win-win!

And OP, not too late at all. We moved when my oldest was entering second grade and now have a great group. It took a few years but now we are lucky enough to have friends that feel like family.

NP. Sports, sure, but any activity works for meeting parents. Do your kids....do scouts? Dance classes? Art classes, church if that's your thing, kids' theater, etc. etc.? Whatever activity kids do, there's usually a need for a lot of active parent volunteers. That's a great way to support the activity, demonstrate to your kids that it's good to get involved and even mom does it, and the bonus is you'll meet other parents while you do it. Same goes for schools, OP; get involved at your kids' schools -- not PTA if that's not for you, but there are always events and school clubs etc. where parent volunteers are important. And you'll meet people.