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November 2024

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Parenting: Fire up the chopper, I think I'm a helicopter parent

Margaret Lynch

9 Nov

14.8k

Last month

October 2024

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Parenting: I won't turn down the child benefit, but I can't wait to vote

Margaret Lynch

26 Oct

28.5k

Teenagers

Parenting: 'My daughter was bullied and we didn't feel supported by the school'

Margaret Lynch

Updated 14 Oct

16.0k

This year

2024

Parenting: We're only just in the door at school and now the bugs have hit

Margaret Lynch

Updated 30 Sep

16.2k

productivity

Parenting: Caught in an endless cycle of failed productivity? Me too

Margaret Lynch

Updated 15 Sep

17.1k

childhood

Parenting: Supernanny is right about 'sharenting', child influencers and school routines online

Margaret Lynch

31 Aug

17.1k

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Back To School

Parenting: You might miss the early years, but it's also great when the kids grow up a little

Margaret Lynch

24 Aug

15.4k

beauty industry

Parenting: Kids should not be concerned about wrinkles before they even hit puberty

Margaret Lynch

3 Aug

9.7k

Summer

Parenting: My daughter going to the Gaeltacht was a real lesson in letting go as a parent

Margaret Lynch

15 hrs ago

21.7k

Children

Parenting: Policing my teen's outfits — how did I get here?

Margaret Lynch

Updated 7 Jul

22.0k

Leaving Cert

Parenting: 'I can still vividly remember the stress, tears and dread of my Leaving Cert'

Margaret Lynch

8 Jun

9.9k

school holidays

Parenting: 'Our sex ed class was delivered by a local church member — she was a disaster'

Margaret Lynch

25 May

23.2k

Teenagers

Parenting: Raising older kids can be lonely — and we haven't even reached the teenage years

Margaret Lynch

11 May

28.2k

house buying

Parenting: After years of hardship and sacrifice, we finally have a home of our own

Margaret Lynch

27 Apr

24.1k

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Parenting: A message for the new Taoiseach - please get a handle on housing

Margaret Lynch

13 Apr

15.5k

shirt and tie

Parenting: Can we stop the madness of uncomfortable and costly school uniforms?

Margaret Lynch

30 Mar

16.2k

good vibrations

Parenting: Manifesting? Would ya go away outta that

Margaret Lynch

3 Feb

14.0k

forget resolutions

Parenting: I've had it with January, is it nearly over?

Margaret Lynch

15 hrs ago

24.7k

Last year

2023

Join The Party

Parenting: 'As a rough guide, I would say to expect 78 new WhatsApp groups per child, per term'

Margaret Lynch

21 Oct 2023

20.4k

influencers

Parenting: When we were growing up, our parents weren't bombarded by images of perfection

Margaret Lynch

7 Oct 2023

20.6k

Smartphones

Parenting: 'We can't block technology for our kids - that ship has sailed'

Margaret Lynch

23 Sep 2023

14.9k

Starting School

Parenting: 'I've realised that to raise resilient kids I need to practice what I preach'

Margaret Lynch

9 Sep 2023

23.9k

Best Laid Plans

Parenting: 'I decided that this would be the summer we would give them a love of reading'

Margaret Lynch

26 Aug 2023

13.8k

familes

Opinion: Leo Varadkar's Lidl-inspired cost-of-living leaflet is tone-deaf and out of touch

Margaret Lynch

17 Aug 2023

67.6k

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Opinion

Parenting: No more school lunches to be made? Praise be!

Margaret Lynch

Updated 1 Jul 2023

31.7k

school holidays

Parenting: 'The mental load of June is real - I'll be spending it in a state of disarray'

Margaret Lynch

3 Jun 2023

31.9k

self-care

Parenting: 'Learning the art of resting was a gamechanger for me'

Margaret Lynch

6 May 2023

16.2k

scrap homework

Parent: 'When she can’t figure something out for homework, we head into nuclear meltdown'

Margaret Lynch

8 Apr 2023

26.4k

smartphone

Opinion: 'Phones have become a battleground for parenting in the age of social media'

Margaret Lynch

11 Mar 2023

18.4k

Housing Crisis

Opinion: 'Telling my child she'd missed a school place broke my heart'

Margaret Lynch

Updated 16 Jan 2023

35.6k

All time

Parenting

Opinion: We owe teachers our thanks for the last two years whether we give them gifts or not

Margaret Lynch

11 Dec 2021

56.3k

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Opinion

My 2020: 'Covid stole our chance to buy a family home so we now live with my parents'

Margaret Lynch

31 Dec 2020

49.3k