Jane Gray

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Colman Noctor, child psychotherapist, with his children Harry (2), Odhran (7), and Layla (4) at home in Co Wickow. Photograph: Aidan Crawley
Exhausted? Inefficient? Distant? Parental burnout is inevitable

This is part of series on the subject of burnout which continues next week in The Irish Times and on irishtimes.com. We would like to hear from reader(...)

Drawing on interviews with 240 members of families, the authors of Family Rhythms find families have become “smaller, more diverse, with more involved fathers and a greater reliance on grandparent support”. File photograph: Getty Images
Modern Irish family: Fewer kids, daddy’s home, grandparents rule

Children have fewer siblings, fathers are more involved and grandparents are more important than ever. These are among the findings in a new study of(...)