Children

Need parenting advice that doesn’t read like you joined a new age cult? Ask Grainne for the unvarnished truth about modern Irish parenting. Dear Grainne, Why do kids have two months off for summer when most employers only give two…

Need parenting advice that doesn’t read like you joined a new age cult? Ask Grainne for the unvarnished truth about modern Irish parenting. Dear Grainne Am I a bad parent if I bribe my kids with take-out and YouTube? Last week…

Need parenting advice that doesn’t read like you joined a new age cult? Ask Grainne for the unvarnished truth about modern Irish parenting. Dear Grainne The Easter Egg hunt proves that my kids can actually find things when they want…

Need parenting advice that doesn't read like you joined a new age cult? Ask Grainne for the unvarnished truth about modern Irish parenting. Dear Grainne Sad Dad Syndrome I was recently diagnosed with SDS. Sad Dad Syndrome and my…

Need parenting advice that doesn't read like you joined a new age cult? Ask Grainne for the unvarnished truth about modern Irish parenting. Dear Grainne, How did I turn into a 1950’s housewife and is it reversible? When I met and…

"I'm really worried about your daughter," the teacher told me. "She's developmentally delayed. She's definitely got a problem with maths, and she has no social skills. I'd be worried about her language, as well. She doesn't say very much."…

"I was four – nearly five – years old when I realised my mother didn’t love me," Sarah* recalls. "I’d got lost on the beach, and she came after me. She was annoyed – accusing me of 'wandering off', and 'not paying attention'. I started…

School is how we train our kids for what to expect from life when they reach adulthood. We should be concerned, then, about what exactly we’re teaching them. Between helicopter parenting, jarringly early starts to the school day,…

I seriously don’t want to alienate half of the reading audience here. You’ve got to be careful when writing about parenthood because, y’know, half the audience couldn’t care less; and I understand that.  I’ve pretty much no time for other…

NaNoSessionMo This weekend at the Nine Worlds Geek Fest, science fiction fans will team up to create the novel of the decade in just over an hour.  OK, perhaps not the novel of the decade, but certainly a novel worth blogging about.…