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Family & Parenting

Raising a family, blending households, and finding your people in DFW.

Custody, Co-Parenting, and Two School Districts: A DFW-Specific Headache

The Metroplex is stitched together out of dozens of independent school districts packed close together, which turns an ordinary custody schedule into a real logistics problem the moment two households land in different ones.

DFW Relationships Editorial TeamOctober 9, 20264 min read

Family

You Just Relocated to DFW With Kids. Here's the Real Timeline for Feeling Settled.

Corporate relocation brought your family to North Texas, and now the movers are gone and the loneliness sets in. Here's how long it actually tends to take to feel like you belong, and what speeds it up.

DFW Relationships Editorial TeamOctober 6, 20264 min read

Family

New to Parenting in DFW? Here's Where to Actually Find Your People

The Metroplex is big enough that new parents can feel completely isolated in a city of eight million people. Here's where community actually tends to form.

DFW Relationships Editorial TeamSeptember 11, 20264 min read