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Parenting

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7 ways your parents TOTALLY ruined your teenage life
15 amazingly innovative parenting tips you never knew you needed
Column: Is there really a glass ceiling for women in the workplace – or is it just for mothers?
Andrea Mara
Poll: Are parents today too protective of their children?
Tired dad captures every parent's agony in weekend video diary
Column: OK, I confess – I was a terrible mother
Orla Breeze
13 things that Irish mammies know are complete notions
7 moments when the Irish Mammy is worth her salt
Column: Motherhood, guilt and the fantasy of 'choice'
Emily Hourican
Column: Outnumbered ... how many kids is too many?
Claire Micks
Column: The 'Mammy Wars' – do we judge each others' choices?
Andrea Mara
Column: Bye, Bye Babycinno – why I'm ditching my child's favourite treat
Claire Micks
Column: Playground etiquette and other mysteries
Andrea Mara
Column: Parenting and the Seven Deadly Sins
Elizabeth MacDonnell
Column: Would you correct another person’s child?
Martina Newe
Column: Motherhood, feminism and the big decision
Ann Marie O'Sullivan
Column: Think playdates are all fun and games? Think again.
Emily Hourican
Three-quarters of Irish people don't believe slapping children works
Column: Should I intervene if a child is having a tantrum?
Sinéad Fox
Column: How to care for your relationship once you have a baby
Martina Newe
Column: Yes, I leave work on time – that doesn't mean I don't work hard
Andrea Mara
The characteristics of the Parental Sex Talk
8 amazing Vines to celebrate the app's first birthday
WATCH: How the child of a lesbian couple sums up Ireland's family laws
These parental techniques betray the true differences between dogs and cats
Column: Five things I swore I'd never do if I had kids...
Andrea Mara
Shared parenting "penalised" as single parents receive 2014 tax credit certs
Parents suffer broken bones in violent attacks by their children
Column: Having ‘the’ chat with your children… how to talk about sex and puberty
Martina Newe
Parents adorably recreate movie scenes using their baby and some cardboard
Irish boy contracts potentially fatal tetanus infection
Artist colours in his children's drawings with magical results
Growing up in Ireland: How stress and depression can impact on parenting
14 families who have totally nailed dressing up for Halloween
Adorable dad freaks out over son's good maths grade
The all-time scariest things your parents said to you as a kid
12 jobs that made your young life miserable
3-year-old attempts to convince her dad to buy her My Little Ponies
Parents to receive anti-bullying training under new scheme
9 small things that made your day as a kid (but probably don't anymore)