Join a Mom’s Club or Start Your Own

There are many benefits to joining or even starting your own Moms club. It is a great time to meet up with moms in the same stage of life as you to share hints, ideas, frustrations, or just to chat. It is also an excellent and fun way for your kids to develop socially as they play.

Join an existing club!

MOMS Club is an international club intended for Moms to help others moms by offering support. This club has several excellent chapters in the Akron area. They have full calendars of events scheduled monthly including: monthly meetings, holiday parties, home play dates, play times at playgrounds, zoo trips, lunch bunch, behind the scene tours, family picnics, and so much more. MOMS Club is a time to spend quality time with other moms but all activities and events are geared toward the delight of the kids. You will not be apart from your kids. There are a few events for moms only such as the book club, and ladies night out. The majority of members are stay at home moms with kids under the age of 5. Membership is about $25 annually.

MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers) is an international club for moms of preschoolers. This club has 5 chapters in Summit County. This club focuses on mothering with 1 or 2 meetings monthly. The meetings include lectures and teachings on relevant topics pertaining to parenting, discussion groups, creative activities, and food. Childcare is provided for a small fee during these meetings. Membership includes a 1 year subscription to MOMSense magazine, online forums, and The Mommy Diaries: Finding Yourself in the Daily Adventure book. Membership is about $25 annually.

Start your own club!

Start your own Church or Neighborhood Club This is a great way to get to know people you come in contact with frequently but having been able to actually connect with. This can be as simple as gathering emails of your friends and neighbors and sending out an email with scheduled play dates. A great thing about having a neighborhood club is that you get to know your neighbors better, if you know your neighbor better, you’ll watch out for them too. Crime is less in neighborhoods where people watch out for each other. It’s also great because the kids get to know each other and form friendships even while school is out. Neighborhood Clubs can be for any age group. I recommend that the actual play dates be broken down by age so you don’t have a group of kids from the age of infant – 12!