Parent Networks Outside the Bay Area
Below are some parenting resources in other cities that BPN subscribers have told us about.
California
- San Francisco Bay Area Parent Groups
- Los Angeles: Peachhead
- San Diego: Poway Parents Network (sister organization of BPN)
Other U.S. Cities
- Ann Arbor, Michigan arborparents - yahoo group - see yahoogroups.com
- Boston - Charlestown Mothers Association http://www.charlestownmothersassociation.org/
- Boston - GardenMoms http://gardenmoms.findsmithgroups.com/
- Boulder - Boulder Rock'n Moms - yahoo group https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BoulderRocknMoms/info
- Chicago - Neighborhood Parents Network of Chicago http://www.npnparents.org
- New York - Park Slope Parents
- Portland, Or. urbanMamas online blog for parents in the Portland area
- Seattle - PEPS https://www.peps.org/ King and Snohomish Counties
- Washington, DC - DC Urban Moms www.dcurbanmom.com
Other places to look
- google "parents network [your city]"
- Nextdoor.com neighborhood news, local babysitters
- Meetup.com start a neighborhood group
- facebook.com (many neighborhood and city parent-run groups)
- craigslist.org (babysitters, for sale, more)
If you're in Brooklyn, try Park Slope Parents (https://www.parkslopeparents.com). Just be careful if you find a blue hat. https://www.thecut.com/2017/12/the-park-slope-blue-hat-incident-10-year…
Park Slope in Brooklyn is the Berkeley of the East Coast. Check out Park Slope Parents Group...
https://parkslopeparents.clubexpress.com
Hi, my family and I moved from Brooklyn to Oakland this last August (my kids are 3 and 6). Since NYC is such a big city, I found that most group are localized by borough, then my neighborhood, and many of them are on Facebook. I was part of a very active BoCoCa Moms Facebook group, for example. If you are going to be in Brooklyn, Park Slope Parents is a wonderful resource, as is Brooklyn Bridge Parents, and I'm sure neighborhood in Manhattan or Queens likely have the same. Good luck! NYC is the best.