In our latest HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast host Eamon Keogh, talks with Parenting Facilitators, Lulu O’Kelly, Bray Area Partnership and Linda Pickett, Northside Area Partnership. They talk about the parenting peer groups they run, how they are a safe, non-judgemental place, where day to day experiences, like meal times, screen times and the big one, “Saying No” are discussed. They discuss every day challenges parents face, offering some guidance, based on their vast experiences. They also discuss the value and role of peer support in parenting groups, where parents lean on each other and find comfort in the fact that in most cases, they are all dealing with the same day to day issues.

For more information visit www.gov.ie/supportingparents and for more information about Slaintecare Healthy Communities Parenting Groups visit https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/healthwellbeing/slaintecare-healthy-communities/.

To get in touch with the podcast email Healthandwellbeing.communication@hse.ie 

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