Brought to you by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Supporting Parents is your one-stop-shop for factual, useful information.
As rewarding (and challenging) as raising children can be, we could all do with a little bit of support and advice every now and then.
From navigating the newborn stage to tackling the toddler period to supporting your child through adolescence and beyond, we’re often left questioning our approaches and hoping we’ve made the right decisions for our children. However, there’s a lot of parental advice to sift through out there, but we don’t always have the time to discern if the information we read is trustworthy and reputable.
To assist parents and carers at all stages, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth’s Supporting Parents initiative has just launched a one-stop resource for Ireland’s parents. This wide-ranging repository is loaded with factual information and quality resources that is accessible to all parents at every step of their journey.
Supporting Parents is also continuously updated, ensuring parents that the information they receive is up-to-date and accurate. The department’s social media channels also regularly share timely information on local initiatives, keeping parents nationwide in the loop.
Here are some of the areas covered by Supporting Parents’ online resource:
Helplines, parenting courses and advice
Check out Supporting Parents where you’ll find details of an array of helplines and parenting courses as well as information on family resource centres.
Pregnancy, new parents and carers
Supporting Parents is packed full of information on everything you need in the early stages of parenthood – from registering a birth, to the child benefit process to foster and carers’ support.
With Supporting Parents, you can find a range of information and resources to support your child throughout their education – from early childhood right up to second-level education.
Children with additional needs
Supporting Parents has a wide range of resources including autism supports, support for children with ADHD, resources for parents of children with intellectual disabilities and disability services for parents and family.
Supporting Families have put together a number of resources for LGBTI+ parents and for parents of LGBTI+ children.
Child safety, mental health and wellbeing
For information and support with safety in the home, online safety, healthy eating and mental health supports for both parents and children, check out Supporting Parents’ wide-range of resources.
Discover all the resources on Supporting Families right here.
