friendship
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How to Maintain a Relationship With a Friend at a Different Place in Life
While it’s definitely possible to make friends in adulthood, most of us still have a handful of friends we met either as children, in high school or university, or as young adults just starting out. Inevitably, life happens and someone you used to have so much in common with may now be in a completely…
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Let Your Kids Have ‘Video Sleepovers’ With Their Friends
Kids are missing out on lots of conventional social interactions with their friends right now, but we’re also getting pretty good at figuring out pandemic variations on the classics. “It’s Better Than Nothing” should be everyone’s mantra by now, which is why I’m going to recommend that you let your kids have video sleepovers with…
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Create Your Own ‘Parenting Posse’
We like to say that it takes a village to raise a child, but sometimes that village looks pretty sparsely populated. We often don’t live in our hometowns, surrounded by extended family members and friends we’ve had since elementary school. Our attached garages allow for extra privacy from—and less interaction with—our neighbours. We rely, mostly,…
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How To Keep Yourself Off Your Friend’s Social Media Feeds
What do you do if you’re at a party and one of your friends starts taking pictures? Do you accept that anything you do at the event might end up on Facebook or Instagram? Do you reluctantly squeeze into the back of the group selfie?