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Last week

19th July 2026 - 25th July 2026

clock is ticking

Parenting: I don’t want another baby. So why can’t I stop thinking about having one?

Margaret Lynch

25 Jul

7.8k

This month

July 2026

no school today

Letting them fly: My daughter just got her first summer job, I've had to learn to let go

Margaret Lynch

11 Jul

8.2k

Last month

June 2026

show on the road

A puff of smoke: I caught my teenager vaping and lost my mind

Margaret Lynch

13 Jun

9.9k

This year

2026

a year lost

A year lost: Transition Year nearly broke my child – it's not for everyone

Margaret Lynch

30 May

29.9k

AGEING GRACEFULLY

Growing old disgracefully: The older I get, the more I understand my granny

Margaret Lynch

16 May

11.3k

pay what you owe

Parenting: If we can auto-enrol pensions, why can’t we enforce child maintenance?

Margaret Lynch

Updated 26 Mar

8.8k

wet school mornings

Rainy mornings: It's gridlock at the school gates, so god help us all

Margaret Lynch

Updated 10 Feb

12.0k

Parenting

Blessing the food: Should we learn to slow down and enjoy our meals?

Margaret Lynch

Updated 27 Jan

4.2k

Last year

2025

Ritual

Parenting: I swore I'd never embarrass my kids, but sometimes it's hard to hold back

Margaret Lynch

24 Dec 2025

8.0k

The clean girl look

Opinion: Teens shouldn't be hydrated and well-rested. It's not the natural order of things

Margaret Lynch

6 Dec 2025

17.9k

From magazines to Instagram

As a 90s teen, I was influenced to buy Vaseline. Now, our toddlers are told they need skincare regimens

Margaret Lynch

15 Nov 2025

22.5k

Running wild

Opinion: Halloween now doesn't hold a candle to how we did it in the 90s

Margaret Lynch

31 Oct 2025

13.1k

what did you say

Parenting: If your child drops an F-bomb, don't overreact - they're just expressing themselves

Margaret Lynch

3 Sep 2025

7.4k

Parenting

Relationships and the art of compromise: One person wants their way, but the other says 'no'

Margaret Lynch

16 Aug 2025

7.8k

column

Parenting: Summer is supposed to be the best season - until it arrives and fills you with guilt

Margaret Lynch

19 Jul 2025

11.1k

POCKET MONEY

Parenting and chores: Dishwasher, bins overflowing? Call the staff to complain

Margaret Lynch

5 Jul 2025

16.1k

working parents

Parenting: Affordable childcare? For lone-parent families? You're having a laugh...

Margaret Lynch

21 Jun 2025

6.9k

friendships

Parenting: Using the Facebook 'like' button is lazy, but I can't discuss your life in person

Margaret Lynch

24 May 2025

7.9k

column

Parenting: Your child doing Junior or Leaving Cert? Sending thoughts and prayers...

Margaret Lynch

10 May 2025

8.8k

TikTok trends

Parenting: Bed rotting — is it any wonder people want to 'take to the bed'?

Margaret Lynch

24 Apr 2025

19.7k

SCHOOL MEALS

Parenting: The pearl clutching over hot school lunches is a bit much — at least they're eating

Margaret Lynch

8 Apr 2025

11.7k

have we dosed yet?

Parenting: Buckle up, this is going to get itchy... we're talking threadworms

Margaret Lynch

22 Mar 2025

19.0k

becoming a parent

Parenting: When I became a mother, I didn't know it would turn me into a total softie

Margaret Lynch

Updated 8 Mar 2025

17.7k

column

Parenting teens: 'I don’t 'let' her date, just like you don’t ‘let’ a newborn wake up 16 times'

Margaret Lynch

22 Feb 2025

33.0k

no sleep til dawn

Parenting and sleepovers: 'I know too much about what happens to let my kids go on them'

Margaret Lynch

Updated 9 Feb 2025

58.5k

letting children down

Parenting: Why are we letting parents off the hook for failure to pay child maintenance?

Margaret Lynch

Updated 27 Jan 2025

13.4k

All time

frazzled parents

Parenting: Looking forward to Christmas? No, me neither

Margaret Lynch

9 Dec 2024

16.6k

Christmas Shopping

Parenting: Social media is teaching kids how to live unattainable, high-end lives

Margaret Lynch

25 Nov 2024

9.1k

column

Parenting: Fire up the chopper, I think I'm a helicopter parent

Margaret Lynch

9 Nov 2024

15.4k

ge24

Parenting: I won't turn down the child benefit, but I can't wait to vote

Margaret Lynch

26 Oct 2024

28.7k

Teenagers

Parenting: 'My daughter was bullied and we didn't feel supported by the school'

Margaret Lynch

Updated 14 Oct 2024

16.6k

Parenting: We're only just in the door at school and now the bugs have hit

Margaret Lynch

Updated 30 Sep 2024

16.5k

productivity

Parenting: Caught in an endless cycle of failed productivity? Me too

Margaret Lynch

Updated 15 Sep 2024

17.3k

childhood

Parenting: Supernanny is right about 'sharenting', child influencers and school routines online

Margaret Lynch

31 Aug 2024

17.3k

Back To School

Parenting: You might miss the early years, but it's also great when the kids grow up a little

Margaret Lynch

24 Aug 2024

15.5k

beauty industry

Parenting: Kids should not be concerned about wrinkles before they even hit puberty

Margaret Lynch

3 Aug 2024

10.0k

Summer

Parenting: My daughter going to the Gaeltacht was a real lesson in letting go as a parent

Margaret Lynch

20 Jul 2024

22.2k

Children

Parenting: Policing my teen's outfits — how did I get here?

Margaret Lynch

Updated 7 Jul 2024

22.2k

Leaving Cert

Parenting: 'I can still vividly remember the stress, tears and dread of my Leaving Cert'

Margaret Lynch

8 Jun 2024

10.1k

school holidays

Parenting: 'Our sex ed class was delivered by a local church member — she was a disaster'

Margaret Lynch

25 May 2024

23.4k