When Your Friends Have Kids

How to maintain adult friendships with parents

Shefali O'Hara

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Photo by Jhon David on Unsplash

I have friends who are parents. When their children are teenagers or adults, it’s not an issue to plan activities with the parents. Well, not normally.

One acquaintance of mine was almost never able to socialize with friends even though her child was older. She invited several of us to go get drinks. Twenty…

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Shefali O'Hara

Cancer survivor, writer, engineer. BSEE from MIT, MSEE, and MA in history. Love nature, animals, books, art, and interesting discussions.