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# Parenthood

Last year
2023
Surrogacy: Hannah McCarthy travels to Kenya and finds a growing number of surrogate cases there
Hannah McCarthy
7 Aug 2023
16.6k
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Opinion: 12 weeks paternity leave helped me at home - and in work
Shane Doyle
25 Jul 2021
21.7k
14
Break-ups, career moves and kids - the science of making a BIG change
28 Oct 2016
16.5k
4
A man's hilariously honest account of being a new dad is going super viral
31 Dec 2015
7.5k
Find yourself saying ridiculous things to children? This Dad made a book about it
20 Sep 2015
62.9k
56
16 tweets that perfectly sum up being a parent
19 Jun 2015
9.8k
1
Am I alone in Mummy Martyr stakes? (Why are parents so bad at looking after themselves?)
Claire Micks
14 Apr 2015
304
61
Opinion: The 'frozen eggs' debate is really a societal issue – don't vilify corporations over it
Claire Micks
25 Oct 2014
94
45
Opinion: 'Egg freeze' offer is putting a metaphorical gun to young women’s heads
Carol Redmond
16 Oct 2014
138
63
Motherhood and Work: 'Why do more women than men stay at home with children?'
Andrea Mara
7 Aug 2014
6.9k
87
Opinion: Struggling to entertain the kids over the summer holidays?
Aisling Lyons
21 Jul 2014
656
31
8 warnings for anyone thinking of having kids
16 Jul 2014
49.8k
110
14 wonderfully geeky parents who are doing it right
19 Jun 2014
34.5k
16
Opinion: An apology on Father’s Day (or oops! I did it again!)
Orla Breeze
15 Jun 2014
62
24
Opinion: I'm not genetically linked to my son or daughter but, honestly, it just doesn't matter
Catherine W
12 Jun 2014
129
17
15 amazingly innovative parenting tips you never knew you needed
30 Apr 2014
42.4k
12
Column: Peaches and Paula – a mum without a mum and a photograph that spoke a thousand words.
Claire Micks
12 Apr 2014
753
26
Column: Motherhood, guilt and the fantasy of 'choice'
Emily Hourican
27 Mar 2014
286
56
Older dads can lead to more problems for kids, study finds
1 Mar 2014
19.9k
47
Column: Think playdates are all fun and games? Think again.
Emily Hourican
8 Feb 2014
5.1k
25
Poll: Should women be paid to be surrogates?
2 Feb 2014
12.1k
70
Parents adorably recreate movie scenes using their baby and some cardboard
23 Dec 2013
3.3k
1
14 families who have totally nailed dressing up for Halloween
26 Oct 2013
56.2k
33
Column: Baby v Career – how to pick a path through the minefield of working motherhood
Sarah Crown
29 Sep 2013
57
30
13 things people with babies do
26 May 2013
54.9k
120
Conversation between a dad and his 2-year-old reenacted by grownups
23 May 2013
8.5k
2
11 of the world’s most embarrassing parents
28 Apr 2013
76.2k
28
8 reasons you should always check your kid's homework
20 Apr 2013
160k
56
11 kids who were just trying to help (PICS)
7 Apr 2013
37.9k
59
14 lessons to teach your children before they're 12
31 Mar 2013
47.4k
66
11 of the most inappropriate baby outfits on the internet
27 Mar 2013
23.4k
26
11 babies whose parents think they're toys
23 Mar 2013
29.4k
21
15 things no one tells you about having kids
10 Mar 2013
79.8k
109
Concern in China over number of single males
7 Feb 2013
12.8k
21
Why it's SO hard to ignore a crying baby...
18 Oct 2012
8.0k
32
Column: I want my son to feel at home in Ireland, too
Paul Garrigan
7 Oct 2012
539
32
National Breastfeeding Week: Irish breastfeeding rates below European neighbours'
1 Oct 2012
11.8k
67
Column: ‘Those first months were magical’ – a dad’s paternity leave plea
Andrew Doherty
15 Apr 2012
72
39
Poll: Should women breastfeed in public?
2 Mar 2012
6.7k
112
Breastfeeding campaigners to protest at Facebook HQ in Dublin
31 Jan 2012
7.1k
182
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