B+Boston

Groups

Below is a list of list-servs and in-person parenting groups.  They are divided by geographic location and subject area.  These groups are often a first-stop for advice, meet-ups, and getting great used baby gear.  So sign up and get yourself plugged in to your neighborhood network! 

​Geographic-Based Groups

Boston

• Garden Moms:  An online resource for posting questions about parenting, as well as a large (and very active) classified sections.  I reccomend signing up for the daily digest emails of both lists to get all the information in two emails a day.  

• North End Waterfront Mother's Association 

• North End New Moms Group

Allston-Brighton

• Allston-Brighton Family Network

Arlington

• Alrington Family Connection

Brookline

• MOMS Club of Brookline

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Cambridge

• MOMS Club of Cambridge

Charlestown

• Charlestown Mother's Association 

Jamaica Plain

• JPMoms

Needham

• Parenttalk

Newton

• Newton Mother's Forum 

Somerville

• Somerville Moms 

South Boston

• The MOMS Club of South Boston 

Winchester 

• Family Action Network 

Subject-based Groups

Breastfeedig

• Zipmilk.org

• La Leche League 

• KellyMom

• Newton Wellesley Hospital 

• Baby Cafe at Codman Health Center in Dorchester

• Nursing Mothers Council in Newton, Lexington, Arlington/Cambridge

• Melanie Venuti Breastfeeding Support (in home consults available)

Jewish Parents (Being of Jewish Faith Not Required)

• Jewish Family and Children's Services

• Jewish Birth Network 

• CJP's Family Connection Newsletter

• Parenting Through a Jewish Lens

LGBT Parents

• Gay Fathers of Boston

Multiples Parents

• Massachusetts Mothers of Twins Association

Special Needs Parents

• Down Syndrom Support Group

• Special Needs MA