“If you thought finding a best friend was hard in middle school, try doing it as a mom,” writes Allison Kenien. “When you become a parent, your social life changes, and it's suddenly 10 times harder to maintain friendships.” So what’s a mom to do? Well, she asked around — and got some really good answers.

Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor

“When I was a kid, I didn’t understand how my parents and their friends, who were all in their 40s, refused to casually do somersaults, jump on trampolines, or fold their bodies into weird pretzels shapes like my friends and I could do all day long,” writes Jill Layton. Well, she sure gets it now. And so she decided to do a little investigating.