Schedule one or two times per month to have someone over for dinner, dessert or for a game night. I had friends who made it a weekly occasion to have people over every Sunday after church. They tried to invite someone new at least once per month. They also varied the groupings of whom they asked. The kids prepared the table the evening before.
Children bring their parents into different settings through sports, school and church.
Have other children over. Meet your children's friends. Become acquainted with the parents of these kids and share such responsibilities as child care and car pooling and be sure to reciprocate. Copyright 1998 Carmen Hoffman. All rights reserved.