Family

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  ‘Grief is like a puzzle: a piece arrives at your door every day’ – how one young widow copes with loss, pain and making new dreams

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  My favourite room: ‘The glue holding us together’ – couple who created a dream family home amid adversity

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  Judith Woods: Men chasing perpetual boyhood are leaving it far too late to become fathers

• People & Culture Magazine

  James Patrice: ‘I’d love to be able to tell my younger self that what other people think really does not matter’

  

• Back to School

  12 back to school buys that are built to last, saving you time and money

  

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  Bill Linnane: Summer 2024 is a washout but by God, we were going to get out and enjoy the local attractions

  

• Back to School

  How to save time, money and stress by doing your back to school admin now

  

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  Six things you should never say to a new parent — and what to say instead

  

• David Coleman

  Dr David Coleman: Is it time to turn the TV off and put the screens away while we eat our food?

  

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  Dog owners are treating their pets like toddlers — please stop

  

• Bill Linnane

  Bill Linnane: Despite the video nasties I subjected myself to, I’ve become a prude about what my kids watch

  

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  Parenting and survivorship bias: How to deal with older relatives who think they know better

  

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  ‘Eight weeks after I gave birth, my GP asked me if I’d lost my baby weight yet’

• David Coleman

  Dr David Coleman: How you can nurture your child’s friendships – and why it matters

• Tanya Sweeney

  ‘No kid remembers their best day in front of the TV’ – how one viral tweet started a heated debate over our childhood memories

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  Ireland ranked second healthiest country in the world to raise a child

• Netflix

  Mothers at the centre of Netflix’s ‘The Man with 1000 Kids’ speak out: ‘We just want him to stop’

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  Is it inappropriate to let children wear make-up, or just a bit of innocent fun?

• David Coleman

  Dr David Coleman: My five smartphone rules to manage your child’s screen time

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  Healthy childhood diet helps keep dementia away, decades-long study shows

• Family holidays

  Tips to help you survive and thrive throughout the summer holidays as a family

• Bill Linnane

  Bill Linnane: Want to inject frisson into your marriage? Try navigating the Red Cow on a road trip to Dublin

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  Chrissie Russell: A tech-free family break? Sounds like a way to sabotage the summer holidays to me

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  Children given digital devices when they’re having tantrums don’t learn to regulate emotions, study finds

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  Marriage Diaries: My wife is more interested in the grandchildren than she is in me

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  ‘My brother is a narcissistic psychopath who cut me out of our parents’ will – what can I do?’

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  Eimear McGovern: Why my child is as entitled to be in a restaurant as you

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  Danu Morrigan: Why I decided to cut all contact with my narcissistic mother

• David Coleman

  Dr David Coleman: The right questions to ask your teenager if they are anxious about not being liked or fitting in

• Bill Linnane

  Bill Linnane: So what will it be this summer – corrode the kids’ brains with screens or drag them into the wild?

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  Why gardening is so beneficial for toddlers – and how to get them started

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  Paloma Faith is right, dads need to take more initiative. But some of us mums don’t give them a chance