Honey You're Ruining Our Kid

Smelly willies! What do we do about them? How do we get our boys to wash their junk without mortifying them completely. In this week’s episode Jar opens up about his entanglement at 11 and how best to get your instantly embarrassed boy to take in this essential hygiene info. Periods suck. Every single woman knows this. In an age where our children actually find out what’s about to happen to their...

Want to know the parenting life hack that allows you to cook one dinner for the whole family, makes mealtimes fun again and won't cost you an extra penny. "Tina's Tapas" are perfect for those kids that won't eat what's put on their plate no matter how hard you try to make it special for them. This week Tina revisits the core ideas behind letting your kid create their dinner from the ingredients on...

On this week's episode Tina helps with a child that feels unsafe in their own room at night. What do you do when your child has had an awful fright and is now too afraid to sleep on their own? Tina supports a mother through this with some helpful advice and workable tips that might be useful to anyone having issues with their child feeling settled. Have your kids gone from cute to rude over night?...

Is your child super clingy? If you're wondering how you can you survive this super dependent stage, today's episode is for you. This week Tina calls upon all of her experience working with extreme childhood behaviours to help our emailers who feel overwhelmed by what their kids are throwing at them. Clinging to you is hard to manage but what do you do if your child is clinging to their clothes? We...

Welcome back, Happy New Year and congratulations on surviving your kids this Christmas. In today's episode Tina and Jarlath dive into the secret struggle of most parents after the holiday season. How can we "unspoil" our children. Can we get them back to some kind of normal or has the Santa fever sent them round the twist? Is your child a runner? Do they just not listen to you? Do you worry about...

Worried about relatives who interfere in your parenting at Christmas? Concerned your kid will go off the rails the second Santa comes? You need to hear this week's episode. Tina gives us her number one life hack for defusing those awkward Christmas moments in front of your family and friends. We get an email from a Mom whose kid won't stop pooing in her sink! He refuses to poo anywhere else and th...

What do you do when you trust another family with your child and they show them a film they aren’t ready for? What do you do if your child has been traumatised by something they saw on screen? Is your child in a troubling WhatsApp group? Have you seen something worrying being shared within the group. What is your parental responsibility? Tina tries to help a parent who can't unsee what her daughte...

Kids walking in on couples in the middle of "sexy times" is apparently a lot more common than you'd think. Today on the show Tina and Jar puzzle out what's the best approach when coping with the aftermath. Do you deny, deny, deny or go full frontal honesty? In a completely separate question, Tina gets asked what to do if your kid says, "I know you don't love me." Is ignoring these words the only w...

Sleep. We all need more of it. Some of us are getting none of it. Some of us have decided that a "normal" sleep routine is beyond our children. Some of us are resigned to having our kids sleep in our beds until they are adults! Ciara Taylor of www.taylormadebabies.ie has been helping parents with every sleep issue imaginable for years. Today she joins us to answer the questions you submitted aroun...

Do you have problems with bedtimes, getting your kids to sleep in their own beds, naps or waking up too early? Get your questions in for sleep expert Ciara Taylor (https://www.taylormadebabies.ie). She changed the lives of thousands of parents with her innovative and ingenious methods. Next week Ciara will be our special guest and she will answer them all. In the meantime, today's episode focuses...

A Dad who has been spying on his kids with a BabyCam learns something truly shocking. A Mom who worries she is passing on her negative relationship with food to her four year old. And a kid that cannot stop whining for things they want. Tina has coping strategies that she has seen work for all of these parents. Jarlath introduces Dr Gabor Maté and his theory that all kids are raised by different p...

After a well earned midterm break there's a lot to discuss on today's show. What do you do when you witness abuse in public? What did Tina and Jarlath do when they witnessed a Dad being abusive to his son while they were away this midterm? Is your child still wetting the bed? Do they still hold on to their poos? What do you do when your child is a "cot escape artist"? How do you teach your kid to...

When does banter become bullying? How do you equip your child with a sense of humour, a thick skin and the courage to stand up and stand out? In this episode Tina talks about the fine lines that parents have to tread when dealing with their children and their first introductions to victim humour, piss-taking and below the belt remarks made in the name of "fun". A step Mom gets in touch about a chi...

What should you do if your toilet training plan goes off the rails and your child regresses back to having accidents? Tina has the answer you have been looking for. What do you do when you kid's best friend seems to want them all for themselves? How do you step in without going down the path of challenging the parents of another child? Death has been all around us for the last two years but that d...

This week on "Honey, You’re Ruining Our Kid" we examine the problem of an older children being rough with their new born siblings. We hear from a couple locking horns on when to send their kid to school. Is it better to stay the extra year in early years or will a child get bored and become disenchanted with learning? "Why is my child not able to sit in his pram or high chair?" and "How do I comfo...

Tina advises a parent with boys that "won't stop battering the heads off each" and a Mom worried about how her separation will impact on her child. Should you believe and support your kid when they tell you about a disruptive or problematic child in their school? This one might not be as straight forward as it can seem. When does a bit fun become a pile on? We get Jarlath's funniest parenting twee...

What do you do if you kid over-reacts to every tiny bump they receive? What do you do if your child's anger overflows into violence? Can a child be weaned off pull-up nappies or is cold turkey the only option? Tina answers three very different questions from three very different parenting situations. And Jarlath presents "Parenting News" featuring Kanye West and the new concept of "Jelly Fish Pare...

Jar nearly wrecks the house and his back when he's asked to take care of one kid while Tina is sick. Today they pick through the rubble and welcome the brilliant Jen Trzeciak to the show. Jen is an Occupational Therapist and founder of Way Ahead Therapy. The challenges facing parents and kids emerging from the pandemic are no joke. Jen has extensive experience working with young people and parents...

Tina reveals the toilet training secrets that she has seen work time and time again over the last 22 years of working with kids with all sorts of behavioural challenges. The mailbox was flooded this week after the launch of the show. Jarlath presents a few of the best emails and reflects on some of the not so perfect parenting he's been guilty of in the past. Should you let your kid cry or tell th...

What do you do when your kid lies to your face? What do you do when your kid won't go poo? Honey You’re Ruining Our Kid episode one of the parenting podcast from the Irishman Abroad is here. Jarlath introduces us to Tina and her child behaviour credentials and together they explain what this new series is all about. After two years of turmoil there’s never been a better time to hold a hand up and...

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