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Study finds Irish dads don’t feel comfortable talking to friends about parenthood struggles

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A new study’s discovered Irish dads are just as overwhelmed as mums in the first year of parenthood. The research by WaterWipes found 56 per cent of dads often feel overwhelmed and 39 per cent put themselves under pressure to be a perfect parent. The ‘This is Parenthood’ global research project’s revealed that the ‘picture […]

THERE’S FREE PARENTING WORKSHOPS TAKING PLACE IN SLIGO AND LEITRIM

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Parenting is challenging, especially if you’re a first time parent and you’ve very little support. Free positive parenting programmes for parents of children aged 2 to 10 are commencing after Easter in Sligo and Leitrim. The Triple P Parenting Programme is organised by the HSE in partnership with local Community and Voluntary groups. Louise spoke […]

Kids who throw tantrums are more likely to end up successful

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Did you you repeatedly defy your parents as a child? Good news…psychologists say you’re going to be rich. A study has found that if you had temper tantrums as a child, you’re more likely to end up successful and wealthy as an adult. The research published in Developmental Psychology discovered a relationship between high adult […]

Dad invents app that freezes son’s phone if he doesn’t text back

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A father in the UK has come up with a clever way to ensure his teenage son keeps in touch with him. Nick Herbert created an app that freezes his son Ben’s phone if he doesn’t reply to his messages or calls. He invented the app, ReplyASAP, in 2017 after getting fed up with Ben […]

This frustrated Dad’s post highlighting lack of changing tables in men’s spaces goes viral

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Despite much progress being made regarding gender roles in society, it’s evident that there is still much, much more to be done. View this post on Instagram This is a serious post!!! What’s the deal with not having changing tables in men’s bathroom as if we don’t exist!! #FLM #fatherslivesmatter clearly we do […]

Mum wants to change child’s name as two classmates have same name

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“I love her name but HATE it’s so common now.” A mother wants to change her daughter’s name before she starts school as two of her classmates have the same name. The four year old is due to start school in September and her mum was outraged to discover there’s two other girls in the […]

Support for Serena Williams as she misses her daughter’s first steps

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We don’t envy Senena Williams’ schedule. A post shared by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) on May 12, 2018 at 6:08am PDT The arguable greatest tennis player of all time has been training for Wimbledon, alongisde mothering her 10-month-old daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. But, the 36 year old took to Twitter the other day, saldy explaining […]

Son wants to dress up as drag Queen and Mam makes it happen for him

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This is heart-warming. When a little boy said he wanted to dress up like a drag queen, his Mam helped him with his make up. Mikli Feria Jorge has received praise online after she didn’t hesitate to pull out the make up when her son said he wanted to dress up like a Drag Queen […]