Travel The Adventuress, part two:“When we decided to jump into this way of living we sold everything, including our house and car”In the second part of our extract from ‘Adventuress: Women Exploring the Wild’, Amanda Speraw talks trading in stable jobs and a settled life for a renovated school bus and living on the road with her growing family.
Personal Finance When it comes to paying for your child’s third level eduction, early planning is keyWith the lifetime cost per child potentially as high as €66,152, early preparation holds the key to financial readiness
Education ‘No parent can be compelled to make a voluntary contribution’ - Education Minister Norma Foley says government is contemplating extending free schoolbooks scheme to second level
Column Eithne Shortall: Did you know you own the paintings in the National Gallery? We all doA conversation about money with one’s kid is not complete without talking about shared public space – and about the things money can’t buy
Design For Life Advice column: I want to play with my infant daughter, but I don’t know how This week, psychotherapist Richard Hogan guides a reader whose upbringing is hindering his attempts to have fun and engage with his toddler
Cost Of Living One in three parents cut back or went without heating due to inflation - report73 per cent of parents say cost-of-living has negatively affected their children in last six months
Column Eithne Shortall: Women normally carry the dull and exhausting but vital ‘mental load’ of parenting Even if parents theoretically participate equally in parenthood, the woman is almost always the one doing the bulk of logistical and forward planning
Design For Life: Can I stop my daughter turning into a mean girl?This week, psychologist Aisling Leonard-Curtin advises a reader who is worried that her child may be lacking in empathy
