Tell me about it: Why has my husband chosen to stay in his current job with the arduous trips abroad? PROBLEM: My husband and I have been married for 21 years. We have two teenagers who live at home, who are both due to start exams. We also have one daughter who has some mental […]
Tell me about it: He is forcing her to do grinds and constantly calling to check she is studying PROBLEM: My daughter is due to sit her Leaving Cert soon. She has always been an anxious child, but I have never known her to be this distressed and withdrawn. She has been studious throughout her […]
Tell me about it: I’m so stressed and worried about him that I can’t study for my upcoming college finals PROBLEM: Myself and my boyfriend are both final-year college students. We have been dating for the last two years and although we are in separate colleges in different parts of the country, we have managed […]
Tell Me About It: My son is happy at the school but my little girl will have no peers of her own PROBLEM: My daughter is due to start primary school this coming September. However, I have reservations as she will be the only one starting in junior infants. It is an excellent two-teacher small […]
Parents are unsure how to deal with harrowing news stories that are reported daily The evidence given so far at the Ana Kriégel trial has shocked everyone – by the horror of what is described, by her age, and by the ages of the accused. Whatever the outcome of the trial may be, in the […]
Tell me about it: ‘Not telling him puts him in the position of being betrayed and constantly in receipt of excuses’ PROBLEM: During my 20s and 30s, I dated many men. Most of them were lovely, but there was no “spark” there. I had a couple of relationships, but only one where I was completely […]