Stories related to parenting
Our recent article on the topic of regretting parenthood sparked numerous responses. Below, we share a selection of the views we received
Ask the Expert: When we do rarely meet up, nobody is allowed to discuss my brother’s son for fear the family will never return to visit us. How to approach this?
The rise of smartphones and social networking apps has forever changed social norms around how we communicate
Despite the best of intentions and some strong ideas, Goodhart seems to underestimate the extent to which he pushes readers’ buttons
A degree in this area opens a vast array of career pathways and is highly valued around the world
Limited funding, staffing pressures and increasing demand make provision of mental health services to the public a major task
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan
The Healthy Families programme helps parents to implement gradual but significant improvements to family wellbeing
Our 18- and 19-year-olds, who can legally drink and vote, sit in school uniforms, call other adults ‘sir’ and ‘miss’ and must ask permission to use the toilet
Disposables are hardly without their ick factor, and the cost savings and environmental benefits of reusables are compelling
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan
Ask the Expert: Our daughter has autism and would not attend school for three years. Now at college, her attendance has improved greatly, but we walk on eggshells around her. How can we better support her?
Perhaps wondering about whether my childless counterpart is happier is fruitless
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan: In this episode Hollywood actor Victoria Smurfit talks about how her children are coping with their mother’s steamy role in Rivals
Parenting Taboos: Regretting parenthood, or wishing you hadn’t had some of your children, is a deeply guarded secret for some parents
Jen Hogan: Halloween and midterm are coming but don’t be afraid, because there’s plenty that you and the kids might enjoy, from a haunted trail in north Dublin to a ninja course in Galway and a book with ghost stories from every county
Surely it’s vital to tell them to discover what pleases them and to get to know their bodies, or is this still taboo?
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan: The writer and TV star on having a one child, needing her mum and à la carte Catholicism
Parenting in My Shoes: Working and training, the Republic of Ireland and Galway United player suffers from the dreaded parental guilt
Society considers mums suspected of working by choice to be playing a zero-sum game where career ambition comes at the cost of motherly love
Ask the Expert: Her school says she is always on her phone and not getting enough sleep, but she disagrees
Parenting taboos: If parents are aware they have a favourite child, there are things they can do to address the situation
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan
For Gill Lee, October will always be the month she lost her son Danny, in her sixth month of pregnancy
Jen Hogan: Social media links us in a non-physical way and is frequently fake or superficial. People who live close to us and who are available to meet up with are vital to middle-aged wellbeing
Roderic O’Gorman introduces Bill that also entitles Oireachtas members to maternity leave and will regulate non-disclosure agreements
Some employers may not be ‘best pleased’ about a second maternity leave being taken so soon after the first
Radio presenter says his daughter, who has Down syndrome, experienced less inclusion as she progressed through the education system
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan
Parenting taboos: Experiencing gender disappointment is understandable, and parents shouldn’t feel guilty for having those feelings, says expert
Ask the Expert: The best way to check if your daughter’s development is healthy is to measure her height and weight so you can assess her BMI
Our culture is not breastfeeding friendly. We should focus instead on changing that instead
Make-up, moisturisers and keeping fit used to be enough. Now there should be no evidence of lived experience etched on your face
Ask the Expert: 'Is there something we should do to boost her confidence?'
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
