Conversations with Parents

33 - Dr Siggie Cohen: don’t be a ‘permissive parent'

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Conversations with Parents is a podcast from The Irish Times. Host Jen Hogan talks to interesting people about being parents. What are the hardest parts? What have they learned about raising kids? What are their parenting strategies - or are they making it up as they go along?

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33 - Dr Siggie Cohen: don’t be a ‘permissive parent'

Wed, 07 Oct 2026
32 - Falling birth rates, fertility, and becoming a mum later in life

Wed, 30 Sep 2026
31 - Back-to-school special: starting age, PE problems, school refusal and teenage vapes

Tue, 18 Aug 2026
30 - Marcus O'Laoire: 'We need to talk more about male fertility'

Tue, 02 Jun 2026
29 - 'My children showed me what to do' — Dr. Suzanne Crowe on raising kids after loss

Tue, 26 May 2026
28 - Leaving Cert stress? A psychologist, a guidance councillor and a parent share their advice

Tue, 19 May 2026
27 - Coleen Nolan: ‘Everyone thought we were nuns ... and that we’d never even kissed a boy’

Tue, 12 May 2026
26 - Dec Pierce: 'I know how toxic social media can be'

Tue, 05 May 2026
25 - Oisín McConville: ‘At one stage, football was the only thing that kept me alive’

Mon, 27 Apr 2026
24 - Colman Noctor: ‘Behaviour is always the signpost to a problem. It is very rarely the problem’

Tue, 21 Apr 2026
23 - Sarah McInerney: When I told my manager I was pregnant he said, ‘Can’t be helped I suppose’

Tue, 14 Apr 2026
22 - Coming soon: Season three of Conversations with Parents

Wed, 01 Apr 2026
21 - Richie Sadlier: 'My kids will be sick of me mentioning the word sex, when they're teens'

Tue, 18 Nov 2025
20 - Miriam O’Callaghan: ‘I’m lucky to have eight children after suffering secondary infertility’

Tue, 11 Nov 2025
19 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor: ‘We were going out six weeks when we found out I was pregnant’

Tue, 04 Nov 2025
18 - Chris Hadfield: 'I have an Irish granddaughter and I couldn't be more delighted'

Tue, 28 Oct 2025
17 - Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin: 'My mum was mortified I was breastfeeding in a restaurant'

Tue, 21 Oct 2025
16 - Ciara Kelly: ‘A consultant shamed me for being an unmarried, pregnant junior doctor’

Tue, 14 Oct 2025
15 - Prof. Donal O’Shea: “I’ll be advising my girls to go on HRT”

Tue, 07 Oct 2025
14 - Fintan O’Toole: ‘I would have loved to have been a stay-at-home dad’

Tue, 30 Sep 2025
13 - The toughest challenge of their lives: Conversations with Parents season two

Wed, 17 Sep 2025
12 - Coming soon: Season two of Conversations with Parents

Tue, 02 Sep 2025
11 - Conversations with Parents - the debrief

Tue, 03 Dec 2024
10 - Séamas O'Reilly: 'My son is the same age I was when my mum died'

Tue, 26 Nov 2024
9 - Black Paddy: 'I want to teach my children to love the colour of their skin'

Tue, 19 Nov 2024
8 - Terry Prone on allowing son Anton Savage to be in her publicity as a child: ‘I think it was the wrong thing to do’

Tue, 12 Nov 2024
7 - Ivan Yates: 'My children struggle with what I do'

Tue, 05 Nov 2024
6 - Victoria Smurfit: 'Micromanaging your kids makes them useless. Same for men.'

Tue, 29 Oct 2024
5 - Maïa Dunphy: 'I was terrified of becoming a single parent'

Tue, 22 Oct 2024
4 - Tony Cantwell: 'Since my ADHD diagnosis I’m a more patient dad’

Tue, 15 Oct 2024
3 - Brendan O'Connor: 'I keep annoying my kids with teachable moments'

Tue, 08 Oct 2024
2 - Conversations with Parents: Guest preview

Thu, 03 Oct 2024
1 - Coming soon: Jen Hogan's Conversations with Parents

Thu, 26 Sep 2024