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...school playground. i have heard other mums other the years complain that working mothers treated them like pariahs at school events or worse, studied them like otherworldly creatures as if incapable...

...school, friendships and adolescence. so really, i wasn’t doing her any favours by trying to protect her. a recent book called cotton wool kids by stella o’ malley examines this phenomenon...

...school friend whom i hadn’t really encountered during the last twenty years. but here at fit camp, the old friendship came alive. we now run together when time allows. we’ve had a few...

...school achievement tests), is healthy, sporty and super good fun. i can’t comment on his future take-home pay, but you know what? i couldn’t care less. sheena lambert is the mum of two...

chicken & roast pepper wrap 4 5 5 1 this tasty o’hellmann’s recipe was created by celebrity chef kevin dundon at his cookery school in co wexford, to prove that there’s more to...

prawn & creamed leek tartlet with parmesan pastry 10 – 12 tartlets 6 5 6 this special o’hellmann’s recipe was created by celebrity chef kevin dundon at his cookery school in dunbrody...

...school. i heard stories about rows, and stories about laughter. they all came out at the dinner table. now as i sit down to dinner, it is often just myself, my husband and our youngest son. most days...

...school to participate, where we adults delighted in waving and taking pictures, and she swore that she would never again take part in something so painfully slow moving and dull. she kept that vow...

...school skirt reminded me just how much i failed. i’ll be frank here, my daughter doesn’t have any curves to speak of. despite proudly wearing a bra every day and dramatically adjusting the...

...school dressed up as julia roberts character in pretty woman, that was hastily retracted due to an immediate online backlash. the explainer stated that little lexie was instead the original and most...

...school project. hands full, i started to call my 14-year-old into the kitchen to give his little brother a hand, but was interrupted by a panicked half-shout from alex who stopped me introducing his...

...school, and they had terrible asthma. everything has changed since then. we’ve gone all sedentary and we’re surrounded by cheap calorie-rich foods. we’re having an obesity epidemic...

are there mums actively destroying other mums? 176441 in my last blog post, i mentioned my lovely book club. it’s a great gang. we comprise of mums from the two local schools, and as many of us...

...school and we, his parents, were sent for. i went along to the school and apologised on my son’s behalf, assuring the teacher that he would be punished at home and for her to carry out whatever...

...school year, six months previous. you fantasise about the 32-minute lie-in you're going to get on saturday before tackling the filthy hovel that your house has become in the past seven days, only...

...school, after-school activities and homework thrown on top of it all can be hard on our youngsters. and a few days where they can just be kids is always going to outweigh the negatives of our tricky...

...school or creche. shocked by my out-of-character resolution, i soon found myself relaxing as i came to terms with my decision. the more i relaxed, the more the kids relaxed. the less i demanded quiet...

how friendship changes with membership to the motherhood club 188138 my 12-year-old daughter rebecca came home from school the other day in a state of mild distress. forlorn, morose and appearing in...

...school appointments or for when our little ones get sick - so it’s refreshing to see licia doing something different. in fact, the politician is showing the world that she is both a mother and...

...school. of course he did! he also told me about male puberty. he then told me about childbirth. he did in fact educate me in many ways. education is very contemporary in the modern world, and boy, is...