As our kids get older and enter their school-age years, we're realizing there's a whole new side of parenting nobody really prepares you for: navigating their friendships.

This week on Mom Group Chat, we're talking about helping our kids make friends, maintain friendships, navigate conflict, and figure out where we fit into their growing social lives. Especially as our kids start new schools, make new friends, and maintain relationships with friends from different parts of their lives, things can get surprisingly complicated.

What happens when old friends and new friends come together? How do we handle hurt feelings, exclusion, or the inevitable friendship drama? When should we step in, and when do we need to let our kids figure things out for themselves?

We're also getting into how our own friendships influence the way we parent. From making time for our girlfriends to navigating conflict and showing up for the people we love, our kids are watching how we do friendship, too. And sometimes, our own childhood experiences and friendship baggage can influence how we react to theirs.

It's a conversation about raising kind, confident kids who know how to be good friends, while reminding ourselves that we can't manage every relationship or protect them from every hurt feeling.

Because apparently, in addition to everything else that comes with motherhood, we're now social coordinators, friendship coaches, and occasional playground referees.

Grab your coffee (or wine) and join us for another Mom Group Chat!

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We’re finally BACK! After a few weeks away from the microphones, Candace and Whitney have a lot of life to catch up on.

Whitney is recapping her trip to Nantucket, while Candace shares all about her trip to Los Angeles for Create & Cultivate, including traveling without the kids, getting away from normal mom life for a few days, and coming home ready to get back into a routine.

Back at home, Whitney is officially planning Greydon’s 5th birthday (which truly feels impossible), and Candace is entering what she’s calling her “lock in” era.

With 90 days until her 36th birthday, Candace decided she’s ready to stop feeling like she’s constantly playing catch-up and start being more intentional about how she’s spending her time. She’s locking in on her health and fitness, business and finances, marriage and friendships, motherhood, home projects, routines, self-care, and actually making time for the things that make her feel like herself.

It’s not about becoming a completely different person in 90 days or following some impossible wellness routine. It’s about getting her life in order, building better habits, creating more balance as a working mom, and going into 36 feeling stronger, happier, more organized, and more present.

We’re talking travel, motherhood, birthday party planning, productivity, wellness, work-life balance, getting back into routines, and the never-ending attempt to somehow keep all the different parts of life moving at the same time.

Basically, it’s the ultimate Mom Group Chat catch-up episode. We missed you guys. 🤍

Want to follow along with Candace’s 90-day lock in? She’s sharing more of the behind-the-scenes, life updates, motherhood, business, and everything in between over on Substack.

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Candace almost didn’t make it to this recording because she got completely sucked into a 9/11 documentary. So naturally, we start by talking about why so many of us millennials are still fascinated by 9/11 and can lose hours watching documentaries about it.

Then we get into something that might feel a little too familiar if you’re married with kids: keeping score. The “I did bedtime last night, so you should do it tonight” conversations. The mental tally of who got a break, who’s been up with the kids, and who’s done more around the house.

We talk about how easy it is to fall into that tit-for-tat mentality when you’re both exhausted. And let’s be real, tit does not always equal tat, if you know what we mean. 😂

Come hang out with us this week. Love you, mean it. 🤍

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