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orandoyle.com

Children's fiction writer

Category: parenting

What was that kids’ book?

I’ve never forgotten a story my mother read to us when were kids, but my mother and brother don’t remember it at all. Help me identify it.

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My son the stranger

Watching my son playing a match that night felt like watching a stranger…

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Overseas adventures on escalators!

After all the lockdowns and travel limits, myself and my family finally escape Ireland for a city break and lose ourselves in the biggest museum in Europe…

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The DM’Terview: Super help for kids coping with the Pandemic!

Emma Cahill, Irish author and primary school teacher, discusses her ‘Under the Mask’ books that help children cope with difficult emotions including during the pandemic!

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Goddamn it, I love my kids

Every time we get angry at our kids, what we really want to shout is, ‘Why are you making me feel like this? I hate feeling like this!’

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Look a little closer: the secret world of Lego & our children’s imaginations

My son said he’d make Lego creations for this blogpost, but I never expected what he would make…

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An open letter to the neighbour who cut down our children’s swings

Here’s what I’d like to say to the neighbour who cut down the swings my children and their friends played on….

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3 things that might just change your mood & your parenting forever

I was looking to overcome burnout & sort out my parenting & my writing. I discovered the Three Things…

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8 things I learnt about life from spilt milk

They say you shouldn’t cry over spilt milk so I decided to photograph my kids’ milk spills instead. Here’s what I learnt…

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Could Enid Blyton’s Famous Five outwit modern parenting?

An alternative Famous Five novella: Five Go Adventuring with helicopter Parents! / Humour / Longform blogpost

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