Parenting

Irish Times readers on their experience of loneliness – and of finding community – in their first months as a mum

Both parties need to be very clear on the precise terms of the transaction which can have tax implications

Majority of students refused to go to school at least once last year, new study finds

Tell Me About It: Responsibilities of parenting and work have entirely curtailed what I now see was a more social existence

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

Account creation on YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram still relies solely on self-declaration of age

Feelings of isolation can emerge for parents as children grow up, become more independent and begin to leave home

Changing position of women in society seen to be closely connected with falling birth rates globally

‘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 could tell you my approach was attachment parenting, but I was more attached to sleep than to any doctrine

The publication of anonymised case reports from the Family Law Reporting Project is an important step towards transparency and accountability

For once, I want to be the can-do parent who joins in instead of sitting on the sidelines eating crisps and taking photos

The youngest ever Booker Prize shortlisted author on her new novel, Long Wave

My father tires of me asking whether dogs should eat so much human food, and rejects any accusation he’s gone soft

Nobody ever received a phone call from me to suggest unscheduled sleepovers because our kids were ‘just having so much fun’

Conor Pope’s guide to surviving the September squeeze on your finances

As global crises intensify, it is important is to find what you are called to do in response

To hard-pressed parents, it can feel as if extra busyness and unnecessary expense are intentionally built into the start of the school year

Ratio of retirees to workers is rapidly increasing but for some economists that won’t be as big a problem as has been feared

Conversations with Parents: A panel of experts convenes to discuss the big issues of modern schooling and parenting

Two mothers turn to ‘life-changing’ creative craft to find inner peace – and themselves

Having a baby abroad: ‘Once my Mum arrived I knew I could fall apart’

My daughter prefers her mother to me so much that to suggest anything else really would be laughable

Rachana Nagaraja was told she ‘might have a chance next September’ – ‘and I think that’s because I cried’

Constant exposure to trauma and tragedy can distress and traumatise us, or make us feel guilty as ‘bystanders’

Three great reads from Courtney Maum, Jayne Anne Phillips and Calla Henkel

On the list of all the things ‘pressurising women’ into caring roles, Hannah Neeleman and her bone broth hot cocoa are not in the top 50

In a world where isolation and loneliness are on the rise, I’m lucky to have ‘mom friends’

I have yet to be convinced that the current zeal for AI is anything more than a bubble

Unresolved trauma is to the fore on As We Once Were, the new album by Welsh songwriter Catherine Anne Davies

I’m also experiencing a familiar unease at the thought of the return to school

To mark International Twins Day we spoke to twins and parents of twins, including a woman who has given birth to three sets

I felt guilty for using the kids’ club, but I shouldn’t have

Nadine O’Regan: I’ve always known I was a city person. The fact that I was born in the countryside seemed for years a mistake of birth

Part 1: Managing our mental health in the face of personal and global crisis

Anyone who uses boredom as a parenting tool is committing child cruelty of sorts. Or, at least, they’re a hypocrite

Are we doing young people a disservice if we don’t expect them to contribute once they’re earning?

They loved it: the turf sheds, the Tayto, adults pressing five and 10-euro notes into their hands and the dozens of cousins

Sleepless nights are a harsh lesson in how parents’ lives have to adapt to their baby’s needs

Over the last few years, I slowly realised I wanted to live again, honour you and find meaning in your death