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The ParentChild+ programme aims to model good adult-child interactions for parents who often grew up in disruptive family environments
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The annual ‘is four or five the right age to start school?’ season is upon us
If your child is on the younger side, September 2026 shouldn’t be the only consideration – September 2036 matters too. Here’s why
British ambassador Kara Owen: ‘There is one particular part of Ireland I’d always go to. It is beautiful’
Kara Owen: The British ambassador to Ireland on her strongest childhood memory, her favourite Irish restaurant, and the actor she would like to play her in a biopic of her life
Parents of children with special needs should not have to fight for everything
SNA U-turn is another sign the Government just doesn’t get it
‘It was quiet. Too quiet’: A trial run at the empty nest
‘I will return to grumbling about empty cereal bowls and endless analysis of Love Island’
Stay-at-home parents too often forgotten when it comes to measuring their value
Families need to put insurance and pension cover in place to make sure illness or death does not create a financial crisis
As raising a child tops €15,000 annually parents need a long-term financial plan
With raising a child estimated to cost €15,000 annually, parents are advised to have a long-term financial plan
‘I wonder if I made a mistake giving up work. My son can be really demanding’
Ask the Expert: He is not a great sleeper and wants my attention all day long
‘As a parent, I’m terrified of AI’: Have we reached the end of the ‘sharenting’ era?
Sharing images of your kids online used to be no big deal, but times have changed and parents are changing their ways
Parents on posting: ‘We’ve opted out, so my child is being excluded’
As concerns grow around safety, identity theft, consent and AI, attitudes to sharing images on social media are changing
Mothers of boys are worrying the most about raising ‘good men’
I am in awe of the women in my life raising sons - and I’m so glad it’s not me
Teens and screens: How much mischief can they really get into?
Jen Hogan: It’s not only the people they speak to online, it’s the content they consume - and the messages
Multilingual families: ‘Many still feel pressure to leave parts of themselves at the door’
More than 70 languages are spoken in Ireland and the Mother Tongues festival is helping pass them on to the next generation
Pushing baby-making on 29-year-olds is patronising, alarmist and tone deaf
Would the prospect of a passive-aggressive letter from a middle-ranking Department of Health bureaucrat get you in the mood?
Stay-at-home parent role now valued at more than €60,000 a year
More than one in five women accurately estimated that the cost would exceed €50,000, compared to 14% of men
Síle Seoige – An Saol Mar Atá on TG4: An honest depiction of the daily frustrations of parenting in modern Ireland
Television: It’s refreshing that Seoige doesn’t pretend to have all the answers. She’s muddling through like the rest of us
A supportive built environment can help build a breastfeeding culture
PhD student Andyno Akpanukoh is using a citizen science approach to determine whether aspects like physical spaces and facilities help or hinder mothers to breastfeed
Nine good reasons Irish people are having fewer children, or none
We’re continually told we’re facing a demographic crisis, but solving it is not as simple as lying back and thinking of Ireland
Will my stepchildren lose out on tax exemption if they inherit from me?
Who is considered family in Ireland can depend on whether you have written a will or not
‘They’re missing out on so much’: How screens and Covid are shaping childhood in Ireland
Basic skills such as playing, pretending and conversing have been affected by tech use and pandemic isolation
Ireland’s mothers are the oldest in the EU. Why?
Bringing up a baby in your parent’s boxroom is not an attractive idea - but in the long term a mix of social and economic factors are driving fertility lower
‘My son spends hours gaming and on YouTube. He has become slightly overweight and I am worried’
I am worried that my older son will suffer because we do not have the bandwidth to make sure he is getting what he needs
Gamblers almost twice as likely to develop problem if they begin as children, ESRI finds
Study find that those who start before the age of 18 double the risk of developing a problem
Have your say: How have you found motherhood after 40?
Motherhood in Ireland is changing, with more babies born to women over the age of 40 than ever before
‘I am a separated dad and my 15-year-old daughter won’t talk to me’
Ask the Expert: I’ve tried talking to her mum about this but she says there is nothing she can do
Even my daughter was embarrassed by the amount of clothes I bought her – but it won’t last
From sport-loving clans to outdoorsy adventurers, every family develops its own habits
Motherhood after 40: Why are women having children at an older age, and why does it matter?
Pregnancy over 40 would once have raised an eyebrow, but not any more. For an increasing number of parents, having a child when they are older is no accident
Irish women share their stories of motherhood after 40: ‘I knew if I didn’t try, I would have regrets’
Motherhood in Ireland is changing, with more babies born to women over the age of 40 – and indeed, 45 – than ever before
FAFO parenting has taken over from the gently-gently approach
This new trend sounds remarkably like the parenting of the 1980s and 1990s, the kind we’ve mostly been trying to avoid
‘I feel a bit resentful of my daughter who did not involve me in her new marriage after her husband died’
Tell Me About It: I’m afraid that if I do the wrong thing, she might cut me off
Women in aircraft leasing firms ‘feel under pressure’ not to take full maternity leave
Companies in multibillion-euro industry lack clear policies, notes report
‘My son has been complaining about going to see his dad... What do you recommend?’
Ask the Expert: ‘I think my son might be bored and on video games most of the time while there’
Brianna Parkins: I’m using my house deposit to freeze my eggs
I am the only one in my family’s history to be this old without children
Breastfeeding linked with reduced risk of depression and anxiety for mothers, study suggests
Each week of feeding reduced risk by 2% after accounting for other factors, long-term research shows
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