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One in two babies still get breast milk at three months old, as rates rise slowly
Just as in Sharon Horgan’s comedy Youth, getting older is less fun than promised
Life and parenthood look different from what we imagined in our own youth
My son has missed a lot of school. Like many parents, I’m not too worried
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‘Mom and Dad’? ‘Mary and Gearóid’? What you call your parents says a lot about your family
It can be hard to equate calling a parent by their first name with a healthy and intimate filial relationship. It seems unfeeling, distant
Being a working mother is a horror show at times. The stress can be crippling
I am just one of the more than 1.3 million women in employment in Ireland. For working mothers, the stress can be crippling
Parenting triplets: ‘We were in shock. We didn’t know what to do – smiling, crying, laughing’
What’s it like parenting four children, when the oldest is a toddler?
Nobody else is going to turn your child’s phone off. But you can’t do it alone
A social media ban for under-13s or even under-16s is not pointless just because many will get around it
My inner Grumpy Old Woman is intent on making her presence felt lately. She’s mad as hell
Maybe I can just decide to stop nagging. But who would I even be?
My son’s new hobby is confounding me with ‘mystyrieyos’ riddles that he puts in writing
There is usually the nugget of something clever in them, albeit shielded behind layers of opacity
Formal recognition of single-parent families would help eliminate poverty traps
Empower mothers to avail of further education and employment opportunities
More children missing school today than before Covid pandemic, says ESRI report
Boys and girls are more likely to miss school if their parents have a harsher parenting style and if there is a lack of routine at home
First term resolutions to live by for a peaceful and happy new school year
Avoid overparenting, set aside some time for yourself and, like Elsa, learn when to let it go
Annalise Murphy: ‘Juliette’s the one I think about constantly. I can’t imagine life without her now’
The 2016 Olympic silver medallist was back in elite competition this week just nine months after the birth of her daughter
Do you track your family’s location with technology or have you been tracked?
Have your say: We’d like to talk to people about the experience of location sharing with loved ones
Does your daughter play camogie or football? Have your say on Mary McAleese’s resignation
Is the setback to Gaelic games integration a ‘slap in the face’ for women who have given so much to the GAA?
‘I’m a dad who can’t stop crying that family holidays with my daughters might be at an end’
Tell Me About It: ‘I am gutted about this, but my wife says it’s start of new beginning for us’
WorldSkills Ireland 2026 guide: Planning your visit and what to expect
The event at the RDS offers industry talks, hands-on experiences, demonstrations and chances to speak to employers and education providers
‘He isn’t lazy. He isn’t badly behaved. He is frightened’: The children struggling to attend school
Children are experiencing anxiety, vomiting and frightening behaviours
Loneliness in early motherhood: ‘I can’t keep calling my mum up here every day’
Irish Times readers on their experience of loneliness – and of finding community – in their first months as a mum
We want to lend our daughter €350,000 to buy a home – what do we need to know?
Both parties need to be very clear on the precise terms of the transaction which can have tax implications
Have your say: Has your child refused to go to school?
Majority of students refused to go to school at least once last year, new study finds
‘I’m happily married with three young children - but loneliness has become a feature of my life’
Tell Me About It: Responsibilities of parenting and work have entirely curtailed what I now see was a more social existence
Parents try to create memorable experiences, but these may not lodge in a child’s mind
Memory is a slippery thing, and it’s almost impossible to control what will lodge in the foreground or fade into the dark storage area at the back
Measures to keep young children from accessing online platforms failing, says report
Account creation on YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram still relies solely on self-declaration of age
‘I don’t have a wall around me, I have an electric fence’
Feelings of isolation can emerge for parents as children grow up, become more independent and begin to leave home
Quality public childcare and dependable dads key to boosting fertility rates
Changing position of women in society seen to be closely connected with falling birth rates globally
A parent’s guide to helping your children start college life
‘Almost 4,500 every year in Ireland do not progress from year one to year two … There’s a lot of unhappy students and parents’
I felt only confusion − even shame − about every choice I made as a parent
I could tell you my approach was attachment parenting, but I was more attached to sleep than to any doctrine
Families who end up in court are unhappy in strikingly similar ways
The publication of anonymised case reports from the Family Law Reporting Project is an important step towards transparency and accountability
I’ve had many arguments with my husband - but this was the first wearing a harness
For once, I want to be the can-do parent who joins in instead of sitting on the sidelines eating crisps and taking photos
Daisy Johnson: ‘I like writing about the entanglements of family’
The youngest ever Booker Prize shortlisted author on her new novel, Long Wave
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