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
Rollout of the reformed Leaving Cert should be suspended
Disadvantaged students will be most affected by the disastrous reform of the Senior Cycle
‘Community care’ is exposed as an empty concept when a carer dies
An advocacy group for ageing parents of children with disability believes we have replaced the high walls of the institutions with kilometres of distance instead
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
Are we a nation of flaming hypocrites?
Answer not straightforward: Sociologists categorise religious faith as having three aspects – belief, behaviour and belonging
Europe can’t have it both ways on migration
Europe cannot ethically base its economy on the availability of cheap migrant labour while demonising those who seek better lives
Three children were failed so badly, a judge found Tusla in contempt of court
If Tusla were a parent in the community, it would be prosecuted by gardaí and pursued by social workers. But the real responsibility lies with successive governments
Two psychologists are at war over children and phones. Which one is right?
Both Peter Gray and Jonathan Haidt believe that children are over-supervised in childhood. But they differ on phones
Ann Widdecombe defended free speech. But it’s hard to defend some reactions to her death
AI-generated memes were posted of her in her famous yellow Strictly Come Dancing costume, being dragged into hell by the devil
What Enoch Burke saga teaches us about the Irish justice system
Justice system is expected to remedy everything from poverty to addiction. It was never designed to carry this load - and does not do it well
France’s buildings are becoming unlivable amid heatwave. But air conditioning remains divisive
Air conditioning is a thorny issue but it can form part of a relatively low-carbon response to rising temperatures
Vote on three-day wait for abortion is a sign of leaders out of step with their parties
Are we supposed to believe 60,000 abortions since 2018 have nothing to do with falling school enrolments?
Loneliness influencers: The odd appeal of ‘living alone, no friends’ diaries
Solitude vloggers destigmatise being friendless – but they also normalise an unhealthy kind of loneliness
Beware ideas which offer a pseudointellectual cover for racist rioting
A book coining the ugly phrase ‘suicidal empathy’ has been on the NYT bestseller list. At its heart is the idea that ‘misdirected’ empathy is destroying western civilisation
Could incentives such as discounted summer camps help to reverse decline in birth rates?
We talk a lot about the economic cost, but the human heartache caused by involuntary childlessness is incalculable