Are there cheaper alternative to Center Parcs at home or abroad?
With peak-season prices of almost €3,000 for a week at the Longford holiday park, we’ve gathered 10 other options to consider
The Debate: Are school uniforms an instrument of positive discipline, or an outdated concept?
Creating school conditions for happy pupils and achievement is a multifaceted project
It’s hard not to feel sorry for teenagers these days
Jen Hogan: With limited job opportunities and little to do over the three months, teens can struggle in summer
Which TV shows are good for kids?: ‘If they watch something like Cocomelon, it drives them mental’
Summertime is stressful for parents but is your television an acceptable form of babysitting? Are some programmes more suitable than others or do we overestimate their educational or damaging effects?
Holidays with children is largely the same chaos in a different location
Off we headed, with no plans to broaden our minds whatsoever
‘That’s another €250 down the drain’: welcome to the world of summer camp parents
Late starts, early finishes, anxiety about over-scheduling - not to mind eye-watering costs. For many, it’s an unsustainable struggle
Granny nanny: Are grandparents being taken advantage of in minding their grandkids?
Should Irish grandparents be paid for plugging the childcare gap, as is now the case in Sweden? We asked Irish grandparents how they deal with the thorny topic
From one parent to another, six tips on how to get through the summer in one piece
Jen Hogan: Be prepared to make about 471 snacks per day (double that if you have teenage boys), ignore those ‘inspirational’ memes and more
Michael McGrath: ‘Nothing is ever as it seems. We’ve ended up with seven children, but we had loss along the way’
Parenting in My Shoes: Former minister reflects on the early ‘mad’ days of parenting and cherished moments of raising seven children
Cocaine and Irish women: ‘I’m a wife. I’m a mother. I have a career. I’m a user’
With the Health Research Board reporting a sharp increase in cocaine use among women, three women describe their use of the drug
Jen Hogan: ‘Just call me MumBappe,’ I said, as I went to play football with my son and his friends
Jen Hogan: Being picked first by my son and hearing him say it was a 10/10 birthday made the day even more special
Sinéad Hussey: ‘We treat miscarriages as a blip or something that’s easily forgotten’
Parenting in My Shoes: RTÉ journalist says she will always remember the babies that didn’t make it because remembering them keeps them close
Divorce in Ireland: ‘We did all our fighting at the separation stage’
Whether hostile or amicable, rapid or attritional, divorce in Ireland has become complicated by the financial realities of the housing crisis
Fifty great things to do with your family this summer
From petting zoos to natural history museums, here are the best options to keep kids busy over the summer
No child should come away from school sports day feeling worse about themselves
Jen Hogan: School is for all children, and sports day must be too – an occasion that can be enjoyed by all