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Parenting

This week
30th March 2025 - 4th April 2025
Mother’s Day: It's not gratitude that's needed, it's an honest conversation about motherhood
Dr Fiona Murphy
Last week
23rd March 2025 - 29th March 2025
The Motherload: What mums really want for Mother’s Day (hint, it’s not a foot spa)
Niamh O'Reilly
Bugged out over nits: Are head lice just impossible to get rid of these days?
Niamh O'Reilly
Last month
March 2025
Parenting: Buckle up, this is going to get itchy... we're talking threadworms
Margaret Lynch
How fragile we are: Why Netflix drama Adolescence is essential viewing for everyone
Debbie Ging
Parenting: When I became a mother, I didn't know it would turn me into a total softie
Margaret Lynch
This year
2025
Parenting teens: 'I don’t 'let' her date, just like you don’t ‘let’ a newborn wake up 16 times'
Margaret Lynch
We need to talk about the daily struggle of parenting with ADHD
Karen Beckett
Parenting and sleepovers: 'I know too much about what happens to let my kids go on them'
Margaret Lynch
Opinion: 'Why are we giving nine-year-olds smartphones?', she asks, holding her smartphone
Niamh O'Reilly
Parenting: Why are we letting parents off the hook for failure to pay child maintenance?
Margaret Lynch
Opinion: Why are we surprised that parents' value is underestimated?
Niamh O'Reilly
Last year
2024
Parenting: Looking forward to Christmas? No, me neither
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: Social media is teaching kids how to live unattainable, high-end lives
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: Fire up the chopper, I think I'm a helicopter parent
Margaret Lynch
Niamh O'Reilly: Why do I bring my children to mass to hear how unworthy they are?
Niamh O'Reilly
Parenting: 'My daughter was bullied and we didn't feel supported by the school'
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: We're only just in the door at school and now the bugs have hit
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: Caught in an endless cycle of failed productivity? Me too
Margaret Lynch
Niamh O'Reilly: Parents are under more pressure now than they've ever been
Niamh O'Reilly
Parenting: Supernanny is right about 'sharenting', child influencers and school routines online
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: You might miss the early years, but it's also great when the kids grow up a little
Margaret Lynch
Therapist: Feeling burnt out as a parent this summer? Some tips for self care
Bethan O’Riordan
Parenting: Kids should not be concerned about wrinkles before they even hit puberty
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: Policing my teen's outfits — how did I get here?
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: 'I can still vividly remember the stress, tears and dread of my Leaving Cert'
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: 'Our sex ed class was delivered by a local church member — she was a disaster'
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: Raising older kids can be lonely — and we haven't even reached the teenage years
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: After years of hardship and sacrifice, we finally have a home of our own
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: A message for the new Taoiseach - please get a handle on housing
Margaret Lynch
Opinion: No one should have to choose between career and family
Tracy Gunn
Parenting: Can we stop the madness of uncomfortable and costly school uniforms?
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: Manifesting? Would ya go away outta that
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: I've had it with January, is it nearly over?
Margaret Lynch
All time
Parenting: 'As a rough guide, I would say to expect 78 new WhatsApp groups per child, per term'
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: When we were growing up, our parents weren't bombarded by images of perfection
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: 'We can't block technology for our kids - that ship has sailed'
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: 'I've realised that to raise resilient kids I need to practice what I preach'
Margaret Lynch
Parenting: 'I decided that this would be the summer we would give them a love of reading'
Margaret Lynch
Surrogacy: Hannah McCarthy travels to Kenya and finds a growing number of surrogate cases there
Hannah McCarthy