AH Stay at Home mommies and kids group is an active group that is open to mommies in the area (Arlington Heights, Palatine, Mount Prospect, and surrounding areas) who are interested in meeting other mommies and kiddos! Open to working moms as well!

The West Loop Moms & Dads Meetup Group is a terrific resource for parents in the windy city. Through our group, you'll meet other local moms and dads and share the excitement and challenges of parenting. Join our group for friendship, parenting advice and tons of fun outings. We have all types of activities for the kiddos -- going to playgroups in individual homes, storytimes, parks, museums, zoos, indoor playgrounds, restaurants, holiday events and many other kid-friendly places around the city …

The Chicago Friends of Ricki Parenting group offers fans of the new Ricki Lake show a chance to meet face-to-face and be part of a community that focuses on straight-talk and the issues that impact parents. We encourage all parents to join. The group will discuss a range of parenting topics, host fun activities to do with your kids and provide a venue for your voice to be heard on the show.

Hyde Park Area Parents is a group for moms and dads who discuss the "fun" of parenthood, plan meet ups, socialize, and create a community for our children. While our kids become friends, we can have conversations. Playdates, story time, parties, lunches, museums, classes, MOMMY/DADDY NIGHTS OUT- just some of the fun meetups in store. Parenting is far from simple, so why not have support from the mom you see at Starbucks or the dad who frequents the same park as you?

As parents, we have many responsibilities to our children: providing for their basic needs; teaching them manners and respect; and helping them to find their way in the world. But perhaps our most important role is that of “Soul Nurturer.” It is up to us to behold our child’s divine light, and to help them express that light to its full potential. The mission of Seeds of Support is to enrich the lives of parents by providing a safe environment where parents can come together to learn, grow and s …

Welcome! This group is designed to guide you in making most important life decisions and assist you in effortless conception, harmonious pregnancy, and raising healthy, creative and co-operative baby. Our goal is to help FUTURE MOMS to: Understand and eliminate barriers to your successful conception and pregnancy Resolve any previous relationship traumas, including childhood and relationship issues with parents and significant others that often present major barriers for successful conception, …

The purpose of this group is for near north suburbs single Dads & Moms and their kids to have fun, for those because of difficult life schedules, separation or divorce are finding it difficult to meet and connect with other single parents with kids and schedule fun play dates and develop meaningful adult friendships with other parents that may have similar challenges. Most events will be with children and some will be without children so that both parents and kids can hang out, share life experi …

Come meet other parents in the area, and talk about the joys and tribulations of being a parent. All are welcome, dads too! Childcare will be provided during events.

Club MomMe is a social, educational and fitness community for to be moms and moms-to-be. Our focus is really on community. Becoming a mother is a journey that is unlike any other experience in life, and we want to welcome women into motherhood together, as a community. Basically we help women transition from me to MomMe! Club MomMe is designed to help women navigate this transition together through expectant parent dinners, new mom lunches, pre-natal and post-natal workouts, seminars, weekly pla …

Hey moms,   Motherhood is an amazing ride - life-changing, awe-inspiring, and maybe a bit sleep-depriving (!?), to say the least!  Meeting your neighborhood moms who have little ones the same age as yours is so ideal - to make friends, have age-appropriate get togethers, and to be involved in community.    In this group, expecting moms can meet one another and share in the excitement of what's to come.  Moms of newborns/infants can get together to share ideas, experience, coffee (: ) and support …

Welcome to Downers Grove Area Moms!  We are a group of moms with newborn through early grade school-age children looking for advice and support as we share in the joys of motherhood.  Although we come from different backgrounds and different experiences, what we do have in common is the desire to find opportunities to promote communication and socialization skills among our children. And certainly, we want to have fun in the process! Our moms come from all over the Chicagoland area including th …

CHEERS is "where everybody knows your name."  Created for the purpose of bringing together happy, smiley moms to lots of great gatherings, so we can really get to know each other and create our own little community. Our group is unique in that we limit our membership to moms of babies in the same age range, so we can do activities that are maturingly age-appropriate for our little ones!  Our group is open to those moms of babies born between Sept.1, 2010- Aug.31, 2011, following along with the …

This is a social group for mothers who stay home full-time or work part-time with one or more children in the communities of Elmhurst, Villa Park and Lombard. Our goals are to make new friends, to connect with other moms and their children, to support each other, and to have fun! We plan a wide variety of daytime activities every month for Moms to attend with their kids as well as one or more "moms only" evening events. Activities may include kids' outings, park days, recipe exchanges, and coffe …

The Little Lincoln Logs is a friendly, supportive community of parents based in the Lincoln Square neighborhood.  Our members have kids of a variety of ages but most of our activities are geared toward children ages newborn through toddler.  We have a lot of home based playdates on our calender in addition to meetups at local parks (Welles, Gross, Winnemac, Manor, River) and restaurants (Costello's, Selmarie, Beans & Bagels), with occasional outings to museums or other Chicago locations.  …

Looking for something new, interesting, and fun to do with your children? Who: All active, curious and imaginative children What: Weekly playgroups where kids can play and explore in a fun and unstructured safe environment  Where: Intertek‛s Research & Observation Center (located in Oak Brook near I-294 & 22nd Street) When: Flexible one-hour timeslots, offered on various weekday mornings and afternoons Why: Child‛s play is not only fun, but it‛s also crucial for the develop …

By organizing a group and consistently communicating our needs to the administration, we can effect positive change in our schools.