Press Release | Budget 2017 Must Make Work Pay for One-Parent Families

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Press Release Budget 2017 Must Make Work Pay for One-Parent Families   Ending Child Poverty in Ireland can only be achieved by improving access to employment and making work pay.  (Dublin, Friday 8th July 2016) One Family – Ireland’s organisation for people parenting alone, sharing parenting, and separating – calls on the Government to start the […]

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Parenting | How to be more socially engaged

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It’s not always easy for parents, especially those parenting alone or with little expendable income, to establish or maintain a reasonable level of social engagement. Parent who are socially engaged generally have higher levels of self esteem. Maintaining your self esteem can help you to feel more comfortable in social situations and enable you to […]

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Press Release | Ireland’s First National Shared Parenting Survey Launched Today

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Press Release Ireland’s First National Shared Parenting Survey Launched Today One Family will finally capture the reality for thousands of parents and children in Ireland who are not recognised (Dublin, Monday 4th July 2016) Today One Family – Ireland’s organisation for people parenting alone, sharing parenting, and separating – launches the first National Survey on […]

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Parenting | Establishing family rituals

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A family ritual, or tradition, is a practice within a family that has special meaning to family members. Family rituals provide a sense of belonging and continuity. They bring families closer together. It is often hard in our day and age to escape the pressures and daily stresses that make up our lives but having rituals […]

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Parenting | Your newly confident five-year-old

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It is amazing to look back after your child’s first year in school and see how they have grown in confidence. However, along with this new found confidence comes a good dose of cheekiness. They have truly found their voice and will no longer conform. Now, when you ask them to tidy their room you […]

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