Jen Hogan: Once again, children are just expected to suck it upWith indoor summer camps cancelled, will their wellbeing ever be a Government priority?Mon Jul 19 2021 - 06:01
‘Why do you work all the time?’ My son’s question felt like a punch to the gutI’ve never quite made my peace with mum guilt, so I was triggered immediatelyMon Jul 05 2021 - 06:01
Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden is ‘crazy about the Irish and plans to celebrate them every way he can’The New York Times columnist was speaking at the Irish Times Summer Nights festivalWed Jun 30 2021 - 22:37
Frances Black: ‘Realising you’re on your own and having two small kids, it was tough’Parenting in My Shoes: ‘I had two children by the time I was 21. We hadn’t a clue,’ says the singerTue Jun 29 2021 - 06:01
‘If I was minister for housing’ ... David McWilliams’s plan for €220k homesA site-value tax and co-operative building are among the economist’s housing crisis solutionsMon Jun 28 2021 - 23:23
Tried and tested: The best family days out in IrelandFrom the zoo to funparks and cruises, what's open for families this summer?Sat Jun 26 2021 - 06:00
Arrested development: For children ‘it is like we pressed pause 15 months ago’Children’s ombudsman says lockdowns have been ‘devastating’ for many young peopleSat Jun 26 2021 - 06:00
I feel utterly unprepared for the summer break in a most unfamiliar wayPerhaps it’s the hangover from previous school holidays of pandemic timesMon Jun 21 2021 - 06:01
Prof Robert Winston: ‘The publicity around IVF is very misleading’The fertility specialist believes too many people regard IVF as ‘an easy way of getting pregnant’Mon Jun 14 2021 - 06:01
Micheál Martin: ‘You will always say you have the kids you lost’Parenting in My Shoes: The Taoiseach on coping with the grief of two children dyingTue Jun 08 2021 - 06:01
Would you hire a male babysitter?Maybe we don’t mean to but we send a clear message to teen boys that they are incapableMon Jun 07 2021 - 06:01
Shops, galleries, parks: Seven great reasons to bring the family into Dublin as the city reopensBrowse in a real shop, visit the National Gallery or just feed the ducks on St Stephen’s GreenMon Jun 07 2021 - 06:00
The lives of mothers: ‘I stopped thinking about myself. I’m paying a heavy price’For many women, the identity shift that happens after becoming a mother can be a complex issueSat May 29 2021 - 06:00
Birthday season is approaching, and the back garden is the place to beCandles, pizza, and friends outside. Not quite normal, but finally getting thereMon May 24 2021 - 06:01
Jen Hogan: Twitter and Instagram provide my WFH water cooler momentsDespite warning children about befriending people on social media it’s easier to preach than to practiseWed May 19 2021 - 06:00
Mario Rosenstock: ‘The miscarriages were some of the worst things I can remember’Parenting in My Shoes: The broadcaster knew he wanted to be a father after his own family splitTue May 18 2021 - 06:01
Vicky Phelan: Ireland needs a minister for women’s health‘We need somebody in there who knows what it feels like to have periods and babies’Sun May 16 2021 - 08:45
Mum-taxi is back on the road and I’m completely out of practiceThe fear of missing out is real, especially since we’ve just experienced itMon May 10 2021 - 06:01
Over-sentimentality is both a blessing and a curseHomeschooling photos had no place in the pile to be submitted for the school yearbookMon Apr 26 2021 - 06:01
Pandemic or no pandemic, plans and parenting don’t mixI’ve learned that winging it and hoping for the best is the optimum modus operandiWed Apr 21 2021 - 06:01
Colm O’Gorman: Our daughter had to deal with people saying negative things about her familyParenting in My Shoes: One in Four founder on the challenges, and privilege, of fatherhoodTue Apr 20 2021 - 06:01
School homework: Does it have any benefit at all?One of the lessons of the past year is that children need different types of learningMon Apr 12 2021 - 06:01
Jacqui Hurley: ‘I’ve had serious sport accidents that were nothing compared to childbirth’Parenting in My Shoes: The broadcaster on motherhood, family and her brother’s early deathWed Apr 07 2021 - 06:01
One of my kids asked for a ‘yes day’. My resolve is weakeningThe restrictions might come in handy in limiting the damage that can be doneMon Mar 29 2021 - 06:01
Michelle O’Neill: ‘I had some very, very negative experiences when I was pregnant’Parenting in My Shoes: Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister on becoming a mother at 16Tue Mar 23 2021 - 06:01
The return to school lifted spirits and it’s proving somewhat contagiousNo longer am I cranky, overwhelmed, sleep-deprived and guilt-laden MumMon Mar 15 2021 - 06:01
Grief of coping with loss of a loved one intensified by the pandemicGeraldine Renton lost her brother then her beloved son Ethan during a bleak 2020Thu Mar 04 2021 - 06:01
Two very excited little boys are starting back at schoolNo matter how hard we try, remote learning can never replace in-school educationMon Mar 01 2021 - 06:01
‘There’s a slowness and lethargy in our children now, a low-level melancholy’Ombudsman for Children Niall Muldoon on how the pandemic is affecting childrenSat Feb 27 2021 - 06:00
Vicky Phelan: ‘I was just sitting in the back of the car bawling’Vicky will find out at the end of March if the cancer treatment in the US is workingTue Feb 23 2021 - 06:01
Stephen McPhail: ‘That’s the tough part, when the kids see I’m not well’Parenting in My Shoes: Family comes first for the former Republic of Ireland internationalWed Feb 17 2021 - 06:01
I am living for a break from homeschooling hell this midtermI plan to do my best Pollyanna impression and offer my children a distractionMon Feb 15 2021 - 06:01
‘Hanging on by a thread’ . . . Home-schoolers limp towards half-termParents and teachers look back on an increasingly difficult first half-term of 2021Sat Feb 13 2021 - 06:00
Eat, move, think: What you need to know about children’s health (teenage boys)Advice on nutrition, activity and lifestyle to help navigate the mental health pandemicTue Feb 09 2021 - 06:01
‘It’s that heartbeat, knowing it’s there. God, that’s hard’Parenting in My Shoes: Today FM presenter Paula MacSweeney had a heartbreaking pregnancyTue Feb 02 2021 - 06:01
My kids are defeated. They’re resigned to homeschooling, every hateful aspect of itI loathe my new role too, and the battle of wills as I try to help them get through the curriculumMon Feb 01 2021 - 06:01
Eat, move, think: What you need to know about children’s health (teenage girls)The third in a four-part series looks at nutrition, activity and mental wellbeing in relation to girls aged 13+Tue Jan 26 2021 - 06:01
Gary O’Hanlon: ‘Guys are supposed to be fine about miscarriages. But I wasn’t’Parenting in My Shoes: The television chef on fatherhood, loss, and birth in a pandemicTue Jan 19 2021 - 06:01
Homeschooling is an utterly unworkable solution for so manyPerhaps it would make sense to take holidays now and reshuffle the school calendarMon Jan 18 2021 - 06:01
Eat, move, think: What you need to know about children’s health (9-12 years)The second in a four-part series looking at nutrition, activity and mental wellbeingTue Jan 12 2021 - 06:01
Anne Dalton: ‘I’d be gone out of it if I had to carry the kids’Parenting in my shoes: Camogie star on IVF and the importance of being open and honestTue Jan 05 2021 - 06:01
The part of motherhood they don’t tell you about: feeling the need to keep children’s spirits upAfter the year we’ve had, I won’t torture myself about what I should do in 2021Mon Jan 04 2021 - 06:01
Eat, move, think: What you need to know about children’s health (0-8 years)The first in a four-part series, looking at nutrition, activity and mental wellbeingTue Dec 29 2020 - 06:01
With a brighter year hopefully ahead, I’m determined to end 2020 on a highIt was a stress-filled year but we’ve arrived at Christmas week relatively unscathedMon Dec 21 2020 - 06:01
Brendan O’Connor: ‘I was sitting there and I was looking at her and I was terrified’Parenting in my shoes: RTÉ Radio 1 presenter on the challenges, worries and joys of fatherhoodTue Dec 15 2020 - 06:01
Seasonal excitement is peaking and I’m leading the charge‘Plans are made to be broken’ may well prove the motto of 2020Mon Dec 07 2020 - 06:01
Dáithí Ó Sé: ‘A baby comes along and you realise what life is really about’Fatherhood a defining moment for Ó Sé, who spends as much time as he can with his sonTue Dec 01 2020 - 06:01
Alison Curtis: My guilt at not going for a second pregnancyParenting in my Shoes: After a traumatic childbirth, the broadcaster knew Joan would be her only childTue Nov 24 2020 - 06:01
‘Get off your phone/laptop/console,’ I roared through 2019. Now I say the oppositeAnything that avoids real-life, in-person contact with the world is now good for kidsMon Nov 23 2020 - 06:01
Toy story with a difference: Amusements for those with extra needsWhen one couple could not find suitable products that would help their child's development, they set up a company to make themThu Nov 19 2020 - 06:01
