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Singer Lucy Rose: ‘Almost every doctor I saw was like, Oh, I’ve never treated anyone with this’
The singer on being a present parent, refusing to work the room, and coming to accept being diagnosed with a rare life-changing illness
Leaving Cert holidays: ‘If you unwisely decide to get a tattoo, please check all spellings with me first’
Jen Hogan shares parenting tips and tricks she has learned along the Leaving Cert holiday way
‘You’re almost an afterthought’: Five men on how fatherhood has transformed their lives
From their sense of selves to their social lives and their relationships with their partners, six dads discuss the differences having children made to their lives
‘An identity earthquake’: The biological and psychological impact of fatherhood on men
Patrescence, the physical and mental transition to becoming a dad, is a recent concept recognising the isolation men can sometimes feel in fatherhood
Quarter of women on maternity leave got no top-up pay from employer
CSO figures highlight stark difference between the treatment of women working in the public and private sectors
Readers on the UK’s social media ban: banning algorithms would be ‘far more effective’ for children’s safety online
Retired principal says she would support the banning of smartphones for under-16s
Coming from Ireland I initially thought the French way of parenting was selfish
Ça va aller became my not-so-complimentary way of referring to what I felt was the self-absorbed, laissez-faire French style
Fostering 30 children: ‘You don’t just change their lives, they change yours as well’
Helen Ogbu would ‘absolutely’ encourage other people to consider fostering, but points to the State needing to support foster carers too
Divorce is not the reason many kids are growing up without a father figure
Unthinkable: The implication is that the only thing preventing many men from abandoning their children is a breach of contract worry
‘What can we do to help our anxious son through his last exams?’
Ask the Expert: ‘He knows the stuff, but he can panic on the day of exams’
Parents’ stress ‘through the roof’ as Meath creche closes rooms 200 times since October
Mother obliged to change jobs due to necessity to be at home so often to mind daughter
Séamas O’Reilly: ‘Would you rather have no stomach or no bum?’ my son asks
My seven-year-old son hammers me with all sorts of quandaries, queries and conundrums, from dawn to dusk
Paying to sit with your child on a flight? Have your say
Ryanair is facing an investigation over the mandatory fee it charges a parent to sit with their child
‘It’s relentless’: Mother caring for disabled twin children says respite ‘critical’ for carers
Seventy-one per cent of family carers face financial difficulty, Family Carers Ireland report shows
A quick summer survival guide for parents of Irish teenagers
Jen Hogan: Three months of nothingness lies ahead for some secondary school students
Novelist Niamh Campbell: ‘The Dublin of 2015 was so full of optimism. Bit by bit it got harder to stay’
The award-winning author – whose new novel Make Strange is out now – on motherhood, publishing and making a living from fiction
‘The child’s version of Culture Night’: Over 1,000 events under way for Cruinniú na nÓg
Annual children’s creativity event launched in 2018
My teenage years: Some of it was fun. A lot of it was traumatic. A good bit of it was illegal
One minute we were drinking flagons of cider in a field, the next we’re wondering what our own children are up to
‘Daddy is better at Mario Kart than Mummy,’ says my sore-loser son, correctly
In the final of our family tournament, it is - inevitably - me versus him. He, cocky and self-delighted. Me, imperious and calm
Marcus O’Laoire: ‘We need to talk more about male fertility’
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan
Make Strange by Niamh Campbell: Haunting portrayal of maternal anxiety nested in an unnerving premise
There’s a lot going on in this novel, so much so that the main plot is in danger of being sidelined
‘My toddler constantly touches her baby sister’s head, sometimes roughly’
Ask the Expert: ‘How can we support her to change this habit while waiting for support from an occupational therapist?’
Parents missing out because Coalition delaying on benefit promise, says Ictu
Confirmation that public consultation would mark first step in introducing benefit, but no time frame for launch
‘My wife lets the children sleep in our bed while I am kicked out to the guest room every night’
Ask Roe: I was away for work for a while and the children started sleeping in our room every night. I feel excluded
The ‘two good salaries but still broke’ problem: What’s behind it and what can you do?
Tax, children, new mortgage, lifestyle creep or bad planning: the many reasons you can feel the pinch
‘My children showed me what to do’: Dr Suzanne Crowe on raising kids after loss
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan
‘Drama can offer every child an opportunity to explore their imagination’
One expert says when children are playing pretend or acting, they are learning to trust themselves – ‘and that builds confidence and self-esteem’
Inside a Quaker-ethos secondary school in Ireland: ‘There is a high expectation of good behaviour’
There are currently 86 boarders in Newtown School in Waterford City, with more than half from abroad
Jen Hogan’s end-of-year school report: B in cake sales, C+ in WhatsApp, E in lunches
Another school year is almost over. How would you score in your parenting end-of-term report card?
I can blame a lot on my children but the YouTube algorithm doesn’t lie
A video search history is no idle plaything, but a deep and probing X-ray of one’s soul
Summer Camps: A guide to the best and most popular sports camps in Ireland
A guide for parents to the best Irish summer camps, from badminton and basketball to rock climbing and surfing
A call for help catches the eye at an Amsterdam metro station
Amsterdam letter: Lack of EU-wide regulation of sperm donation has allowed national loopholes to be exploited
Have your say: What are the hidden costs of raising teenagers?
We want to hear from readers about the unexpected financial challenges that come with raising teens
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