✏️ Back to school is almost here — find families at your school before day one 🎒 Now on ParkBench
🍂 Summer's winding down

School's Starting.
Find Your Village First.

New school year, new chance to meet the families right there with you. ParkBench matches Ohio families by school, neighborhood, and kid ages — so you walk into drop-off knowing someone.

📍 Ohio-first — all Ohio zip codes welcome · Always free
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ParkBench — Real connections. Every kind of family.
✨ New for Back to School

Match with families in your school community

Add your school or district and ParkBench can prioritize compatible families in the same school community, while keeping children's identifying information protected.

🎒 Set my school & find families →
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Same school gets a match boost

Families at the same school float to the top of your matches — above everyone else.

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Search by school or district

Find compatible ParkBench families connected to your school community, with each family's privacy settings respected.

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Your school name, your rules

Choose who sees it — all matches, only families you've messaged, or keep it private entirely.

3 min
to build your profile
Free
always, no catch
Ohio
families only
All
family types welcome
The Gap

Every app forgot about families — couples and solo parents alike

Moms Only
Peanut
Great for moms. Excludes dads entirely. No couple-to-couple matching. No family filters.
Individuals
Bumble BFF
Matches one person to another. No concept of kid count, kid ages, or what your family actually needs.
Singles
Fourplay / Doubble
Pair-based matching exists, but only for dating. Married couples with kids need not apply.
Kids making friends while parents do too 🍂
Real families, real school-year crew 🏫

Three steps to your school-year village

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Build your family profile

One parent or two — add your kids, ages, interests, your school, and what you're looking for. Takes about 3 minutes.

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Get matched at your school

ParkBench finds families at the same school and neighborhood with kids the same age. Same school = top of your matches.

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Start the school year strong

Message a family, plan a playdate, split drop-off duty, or share a sitter. A real village built around real school life.

Filters that actually matter to families

Not "favorite movies." ParkBench matches on the things that determine whether two families actually click — including what school your kids go to.

🏫 Same School Kid Count Kid Ages Parent Ages Proximity Shared Interests Parenting Style Connection Type
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School-Year Crew

Families at your school and district — for carpools, drop-off chats, and weekend hangs.

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Playdate Friends

Kids the same age who live nearby. The easiest win.

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Shared Sitters

Trade off watching each other's kids. Trust built on shared values.

Adults Night Out

Another family you actually want a Saturday with — no kids required.

Don't walk into day one alone

Families near you — and at your school — are already on ParkBench. It's free, it's Ohio-first, and it takes 3 minutes to join before the bell rings.

🔒 Free forever 📍 Ohio families only 👨‍👩‍👧 All family types welcome
Why I Built This

"I made this app for families like mine — busy with kids, school, sports, working, etc. The few times of downtime we look around and say 'man, what do we do?' Here we can find people and kids with similar interests, similar backgrounds. Sometimes old friends aren't at the same stage, and that's okay — because we can make new ones while keeping old friends. That goes double for single parents — you're doing more with less, and you deserve a village too. ParkBench is for every family structure."

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Know a family starting the school year solo?
ParkBench grows one family at a time. Send it to the parents in your class group chat.
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