Parenting

Conversations with Parents podcast is back with a brand new season starting on September 30th

I tried to think of a problem more first-world than the temporary loss of the internet

Social media and smart phones had not yet taken over our lives

Ivana Bronlund’s case has become the latest flashpoint between Denmark and Greenland

A Danish parental competency test has been criticised as a harsh overreach into family life, with Greenlanders more likely to lose their children, another sore spot in Denmark’s difficult relationship with its former colony

Breastfeeding rates for three-month-old babies in Offaly have moved from being one of the lowest in the country to one of the highest

Ask the Expert: ‘The first day seemed to go fine, but now he says he does not want to go in’

The image of Daniel Aruebose is everywhere, and children are not immune to stories of tragedy, they will have questions too

Almost all who have had the fertility treatment say it affected their emotional wellbeing at work

Home wasn’t something I’d ever had to create before. I’d lived in 22 places since leaving home in my troubled teens

Parents face a dilemma: do they avoid giving kids any devices or just give in and wing it?

Fallouts are not uncommon but they can damage the mental health of those caught in the middle. Here’s what psychologists recommend

Jen Hogan: I never anticipated that one day, Kim Kardashian and I might take a similar stance on educational issues

I worry about my daughter. Our education system is preparing students for a world that may disappear

Ask Roe: I’ve tried talking about us finding some middle ground, but my wife avoids the conversation

Neuroscientific studies show there is a pleasure centre in the brain that responds to words like it does to music. It tickles me

Ask the Expert: ‘Last week, when I had an important appointment, my daughter had a full-blown panic. It was really upsetting for everyone’

While governments talk about reducing plastics and lobbyists lobby them not to, communities are taking action

The president of the Irish Medical Council explains how the way she sees life and death has been changed by the patients she has encountered - and the loss of her own child

While AI will no doubt continue to embed itself into our lives, it’s never going to replace that indefinable magic that makes us so special

Research also casts doubt on the efficacy of age verification systems in place to help prevent under-age children from accessing social media services

Jen Hogan: We live in a society that defines women by their uterine activity – how many pieces have you read about working dads?

From sliding doors to Isofix points, here’s how to find space without blowing the budget

Spoiler alert: the solution, in many cases, is ‘granny’ or, perhaps less often, ‘granddad’

Ask Roe: After the last miscarriage and a period of high conflict, I discovered my partner is having an affair with a colleague

In the Netherlands, safe cycling infrastructure liberates kids from their parents – and parents from their kids

Tell Me About It: ‘I’m feeling overwhelmed by the state of my personal life’

Flexible hours and remote option highly valued, notes survey by recruitment website Indeed

Ask the Expert: ‘Every bit of downtime I have now I find myself resorting to scrolling social media’

It was a party partially to celebrate a birthday, but also to mark a departure

Across the EU, the pattern holds: women’s leisure time is consistently squeezed by the small, invisible tasks of everyday life

I’m not saying don’t talk about them at all. Has the child recovered after their hospital stint? Three minutes. Training for the Olympics? Five minutes max

As women increasingly refuse to do the emotional and social labour to the men in their lives, it’s time for men to be responsible for making new friendships

Jen Hogan: A lifelong devotion to the Reds by fans on this side of the Irish Sea has produced a club following unlike any other

Parents are frustrated at juggling work demands and childcare while children are off for up to three months every summer

Parents concerned that financial pressure can sometimes see parents reluctant to engage on educational issues affecting their children

Ask the Expert: On average, 14 is the most challenging year for teenagers, and also for their parents

Bernie and Crohan O’Kennedy could not conceive a baby naturally. Their daughter Pippa, ‘a long-awaited miracle’, arrived in July 2023

I saved my favourite wax crayon colours for special occasions that never came. Now they bring me back to my own childhood

It’s an expensive time of year, but resourceful use of WhatsApp uniform swap shops and taking stock of usable existing items are among ways of cutting back