The art of texting under your desk without looking at your phone took so long to perfect. And now it’s been outlawed. In France, at least. The law was passed on Monday and includes a ban on mobile phones in schools. It includes other internet-connected devices like iPads and other tablets. The ban only extends […]
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Divorce is always going to be somewhat messy, especially if you have kids. Louise Redknapp split from her footballer husband, Jamie, in 2017 and had to go through her divorce in the public limelight. Louise, who rose to fame in 1992 with R&B group Eternal, had been married to her husband for nineteen years when […]
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Well, that’s depressing. New studies have emerged showing that apparently every birth can cut six months to two years off your life expectancy. I mean, we know it feels like ten years is being cut off your life when you’re constantly waking up to a crying baby for months. Or we can understand how running around […]
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This one really gets straight to the point. Sunni Mariah was at the doctor when a sign hanging on the wall caught her eye. A sign urging parents to vaccinate their kids. But it wasn’t like the usual warnings you might see that give you facts and figures. This was a lot more emotional. It […]
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This sounds like great fun. The Dome Family Entertainment Centre are running a series of Autism-Friendly evenings at their Congo Quest fun-room and they’re starting next Thursday. The Dome at Talbot Carlow has a huge children’s play-frame as well as bowling lanes, and there is a café so the parents can take a breather while their […]
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Kids’ parties can be expensive. Trust us, we know. Thing is though, they don’t have to be. Especially if your kids are at an age when they still don’t really have any specific requests. Most kids are happy as long as their friends are there, something fun is happening, and they get cake. Of course, […]
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That is a lot of magnets. Little Noah Lefau from Melbourne was being babysat by his grandmother when he sneakily ate thirty little metal magnets. The magnets were stuck to the top of the fridge but still not safe from Noah’s eager hands. The five-year-old climbed on a chair to reach what he thought were […]
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The new way to pick baby names? Dublin GAA star Bernard Brogan seems to be completely smitten with his new twin baby boys. And who can blame him? They’re so adorable! The babies were born earlier this month and, on 2FM’s Eoghan McDermott show, Bernard gushed that he is thrilled with his “two bouncing baby […]
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Mad. A Texas couple organised the most elaborate gender reveal party we’ve come across and we’re thinking they might just have overdone it. Maybe. Though I mean, hey, it’s their pregnancy so who are we to judge? Rachel and Brad Lee, already parents to son Brayson, six, and daughter Brexlann, 18 months, originally planned not […]
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This is the worst. We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but a new study in the UK has found that one in three bosses wouldn’t hire a woman for a job because they’d be afraid she would get pregnant soon. Don’t you just hate when your suspicions of gender bias are confirmed? […]
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IZ JUST SO ADORABLE Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock, has just posted a video on Instagram confirming our suspicions that he is, in fact, the cutest dad in the world. Aw, just look at them. She is such a gem. https://www.instagram.com/p/BlbB5ADnauh/?taken-by=therock “You have the sexiest daddy in the world,” The Rock jokes in the video […]
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At least 11 people, including children, have drowned in Missouri after a ‘duck boat’ capsized and sank in stormy weather. The boat was carrying 31 people on a ride around Table Rock Lake, near Branson, Missouri when it got into difficulty in the stormy waters. Seven people were taken to hospital following the incident. Raw […]
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Going on holiday is the best. This is something parents and kids can definitely agree on. What’s a bit more of a struggle is convincing your little ones to try the weird and wonderful food they might encounter in other countries. Of course, the difficulties all depend on where you go. Unless you have a […]
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The 21 Faces campaign is back for the third year to help spread awareness for people with Down Syndrome in Ireland and to celebrate their uniqueness. As part of the campaign, the Down Syndrome Centre is displaying portraits of 21 different children with Down Syndrome around Dublin. The 21 children’s lives are being followed and […]
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This is just too cute. Kensington Palace just released the official photos from little Prince Louis’s christening and Princess Charlotte is already being an adorable big sister. In one of the photos of the family, while everyone else is focused on the camera, Charlotte is keeping an eye on her new little brother. The little […]
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We have no problems with unusual baby names. Your baby is unique so why shouldn’t their name be? But some parents just go too far. We are shocked, horrified even, at the name given to a new-born baby recently by the friend-of-a-friend of a woman named Annalise, who then shared the story on an internet […]
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These are all stunning.
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