Parenting

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Where is Ireland’s manosphere?

Louis Theroux’s new documentary pulls back the curtain on the world of ‘traditional’ masculine influencers - but where are the Irish players?

‘My 14-year-old daughter wonders if she is gay and feels confused’

Ask the Expert: Stating clearly your love and acceptance gives your daughter some freedom to discover her sexuality and identity without judgment

‘We bring it back to basics’: The home visitors helping parents discover the power of play

The ParentChild+ programme aims to model good adult-child interactions for parents who often grew up in disruptive family environments

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

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

‘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

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

‘Stop saying yes’: Over 50 ways you can make your life easier in 2026

From daily tasks to planning for the future, here are 52 ways to make your life easier this year

Nollaig na mBan is just business-as-usual with a trendy title

Instead of mounting an uprising, I’m going to list my Women’s Christmas resolutions here to make the rest of 2026 a little less chaotic

Nothing worse than your tech toy not working on the big day

Here are five things you might want to do before Santa arrives this year

Call for routine testing for iron deficiency during pregnancy as new research flags risks

Four in five pregnant women in Ireland are iron deficient by the third trimester

‘My kids idolise their dad. Should I tell them one reason for our separation is his affair?’

Ask the Expert: ‘I worry that they will blame me for the separation. They both idolise their Dad’

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