Story time: A place to share

Setting up the circle My biggest piece of advice is to not overthink the process and get started in whatever ways you can because once you start the energy will drive it forward. You work out the kinks out along the way and improve things with each day and each week as you find what works for you, your group and especially, the kids.  A few things i learned about setting up my playdate circle: The…

After a year of learning how to survive on our own, our lives have flipped yet again in the blink of an eye. I remember getting the notice that we could opt back into in person classes at the beginning of April, but ignoring it for the most part because it came with so many unknowns - blended learning meant we were only going back to school 2 or 3 days a week, classrooms were still shutting down…

Feb 2020 - Our Beta Release In the carefree days of February 2020, we were ready to start user testing our updated app with our newly added Groups feature to help people easily grow their network for sharing care. Little did we know, a few short weeks later the world would start shutting down and playdates would be the last thing on anyone’s mind as we all focused on survival and safety. March…

Originally posted April 2020 When I launched Carefully three years ago, I created an app to encourage parents to share care and host playdates. In these unprecedented times, I’ve realized that Carefully’s core mission extends well beyond playdate scheduling. Finding balance and connecting with other parents in meaningful ways is what we all need now, more than ever. Image for post As a single mom…