Welcome back to another episode of Honey You’re Ruining Our kid. Thanks to all you legends we are still the number 1 parenting podcast.

We are nearly through the hardest, coldest, darkest and most financially tricky month of the year. We are all trying to just hang in there. Spring and hope are on the way. In the meantime Jarlath is on tour and the world seems to be on fire. How do we talk to our kids about what they might be seeing on the news? We get into that and three brilliant listener questions.

Question 1. Is My Kid Falling Behind In School?

Looking forward to a holiday can keep the whole family on track. Booking a family holiday during school time can help save money. Will it impact your child though? Are you getting real savings or are you about to make their school life harder. Will it affect their friendships? Their learning? Will they catch up or will it have a long lasting impact?

Question 2. Is My Kid Sleeping Due To Anxiety?

What is a family and who decides how it should look? All the matters is that your child is loved and feels safe. Is it tough though if your community makes you feel like outsiders because your family doesn’t fit the stereotype of what is considered normal. If this feeling of being the outsiders starts to impact your kid what can you do?

Question 3. How Can I Get My 8 Year Old Enthusiastic About Reading?

We are all aware that it is harder to get boys reading than girls. There are lots of different reasons for this. Sometimes it can be as easy as just finding the right book that captures their interests. Sometimes it can be hard if there are gaps in their learning or they haven’t fully understood how to blend sounds to make words.

Is intervention going to work? Absolutely. It’s never too late. Listen in to find out how you can get any child reading.

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We are back. A brand new year and a brand new episode. Today’s show mostly deals with trying to break bad habits. We are back to dropping an episode every second Monday. Wishing you all the very happy 2026.

Question 1-

If your three year old's behaviour is completely out of control, at home and at nursery what can you do to help him? Is it’s affecting his happiness, his friendships his schooling? When teachers and the Principals can’t cope with his outbursts does he need professional help? Is there any way of calming the behaviour down? How can you reset and try again? Is having a routine or your own parenting standard or rules really going to help?

Question 2-

Teenagers are tougher than toddlers! Navigating the moods, the hormones, the outbursts. It’s just exhausting. Add in the never ending worrying about the human they are becoming. Couple this with zero support and you've got a lot of sleepless nights on your hands. What do you do when your mammy gut is on high alert? How do you choose your battles? Should you go get help and if yes where do you even go?

Question 3-

New year, new rules. The new year is a great opportunity to form new habits in your home. It can make simple rule changes seem exciting and a positive change for the kids. Three new changes seems to be the magic number. Keep these new rules workable, achievable and positive.

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Welcome back to another episode of Honey You’re Ruining Our Kid. It’s presidential election week in Ireland and the toys are being thrown out of the pram. Things are getting down right dIrty and it feels hard to explain or understand the impact this may have on our kids. All they are seeing is people taking swipes at each other on the news. How do we explain political behaviour to our children and then expect them not to replicate it.

Question 1-

When you’re a working mum trying to juggle your job and childcare you can just feel like the worry of timetabling your whole life is never ending. So when your kids become teenagers you finally have a chance to give them independence and trust them with the responsibility of minding themselves at home while you are still at work. What do you do though when they step up that expectation and want to invite some friends over while you’re not there. Can you trust them in the house alone with their buddies? Is 14 years of age too early for them to be able to handle these freedoms?

Question 2-

Is there anything cuter than a chatty six year old girl. When you know your child to be a social butterfly at home or when around family it can be hard to understand that she is in fact the opposite at school. Should you be worried if your teacher approaches you with worries about her language skills when you know she has them. Or should you be worried about why your child is choosing to be selectively mute while at school.

Question 3-

Exhausted moms raising teenagers is never a good mix. We are led to believe that the early years are the toughest parenting years and then you get to meet your teen. Navigating your child through their teenage years is a mammoth task made even harder if they are unhappy and acting out. How do you reach your child? What can you do to help your child through their inner turmoil? How do you speak to them and get them to understand that they can’t take their moods and frustrations out on you or their extended family? Is there hope? Is there a way of turning it all around or do you just have to ride the teenage dirt bag wave until it reaches a calmer shore.

Thank you for listening in to another episode of Honey You’re Ruining Our Kid. We wish everyone a very happy Halloween. We will be back after the mid term break so there is plenty of time to get your parenting questions into us, simply email us in honeyyouareruiningourkid@gmail.com.

Get the Gobshite Guidebook is out on October 23rd and it might be the most essential piece of parenting help you will ever find.

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You think your Mammy is interfering in your life? Well Mathew McConaughey's Ma is leaking stories to the press! We kick off this week's episode with a look into this story and which movies you should watch with your kids. Three great questions that throw up all sorts of issues on this week's show. Come and see Jarlath's new standup show too! We can about life on the road and where you can find us this week.

Question 1-

Babies cry, we all know this. Their cries are so important. How else can they communicate discomfort, hunger or tiredness? But what do you do if your baby is always crying, if they genuinely seem unhappy all the time? Is it normal for a baby to continuously cry or do you need extra help?

Question 2-

Nothing can prepare you for dealing with teenagers. They barely know how to cope with themselves. Between hormones and growth spurts they are under fuelled and over tired. But can this excuse the rudeness. And when does it cross the line between cheeky to disrespectful. Can you step in when it's not your kid?

Question 3-

When your child starts exhibiting worrying behaviour such as violence towards animals and anger towards you - what should you do? In our final question a mother presents a very complicated situation and Tina attempts to dig into what might be happening. Is a meeting with the teacher the best answer? How do make these meetings more amicable and avoid accusations?

Thank you for listening in to another episode of Honey You’re Ruining Our kid. You are not on your own. We are all in this together. Email any worried or questions into honeyyouareruiningourkid@gmail.com. For all Jar's tour dates in Ireland, the UK, USA and Australia visit www.jigser.com/gigs

September is a truly testing month for parents, we hope you are all surviving your little darlings and all the new germs they are bringing home. We've been out on the road and Jarlath had a brutal encounter with a heckler!

Question 1-

Collecting things is a much loved, often very individual hobby. Hoarding however is different and can be something that takes over our lives and our space. If you’ve noticed a hoarding tendency in your child how do you manage it and extinguish it before it gains ground. What is the reason behind the hoarding, is there an anxiety or experience that has led to the development of this new behaviour. Can you help them through it? Is there hope? Or will they someday need a Biggest Hoarder TV intervention in their future.

Question 2-

Teenagers and body odour. How do we protect them from themselves? What do you do if you have a pre teen who is refusing to shower? How do you help them understand that showering is both for them and their community. How do you get across the importance of hygiene? Is there a way to awaken their sense of pride in their appearance without making them overly body conscience or body aware?

Question 3-

Runs down your leg like the yellow from an egg - Diarrhoea! Diarrhoea!!

Diarrhoea is something we all dread, Liam Neeson nailed the brutality of it in this year's Naked Gun. Luckily most of us only ever have to deal with it on the odd occasion. What do you do and how do you help your child if diarrhoea is a normal part oh their day.

Thank you for listening in to another episode of Honey You’re Ruining Our Kid. We will be back in two weeks with another episode so get your questions into us by emailing honeyyouareruiningourkid@gmail.com Visit www.jigser.com for more info and tour dates.

We are back with a bang. It's good to be back with a new season of Ireland's number 1 zero judgement parenting podcast. We hope everyone had a good summer and managed to both enjoy and survive their kids. As always you can get in touch with us anytime. Simply email honeyyouareruiningourkid@gmail.com.

Question 1-

How do we cope with outside voices commenting on our parenting? When a relative doesn’t respect your approach and interferes to the point of it being detrimental to your child, what can you do? Is there any way of getting them to understand and respect your method of parenting or do you need to arm the child with the tools to know which voice they need to pay attention to?

Question 2-

You wake up one day and your four year old no longer seems to be the child they were. Suddenly she is throwing tantrums, being oppositional. Nothing is easy any more and you feel completely wiped. Is there a way back? How can you stop and restart? Is there something else causing these new behaviours or is this just a phase that will pass?

Question 3-

Moving schools for whatever reason always takes its toll. How do you manage the fall out? How do you guide your child through it and help them feel settled? How do you manage your own emotions during this impactful change on your little person's life? What is the right and wrong way to navigate this?

Thank you for listening in to another episode of Honey! You Are Ruining Our Kid. We will be back in 2 weeks with another episode. In the meantime, email your questions into honeyyouareruiningourkid@gmail.com. Visit www.jigser.com/gigs for tour dates and to pre-order Jarlath's book.

Child behaviourist Tina chats to her husband and adult child Jarlath Regan about three very revealing questions from listeners this week. If you have a question about any behaviour you are currently trying to cope with, drop the show an email. It's totally confidential. honeyyouareruiningourkid@gmail.com You are never alone. This week we have three very different questions from three very worn out parents.

Question 1-

What do you do when your child has uncontrollable diarrhea? - it runs down your leg like a squishy bit of egg- diarrhea! Diarrhea! But it is no joke when you're trying to manage all the accidents? How can you get the school to sympathise and help you cope? If the doctors are telling you that there is no reason for all the soiling accidents is there any way of improving things for you and your child?

Question 2-

This week a Dad got in touch pleading for help with his 6 year old son. He is an angel at school and a handful at home. They are not coping well with his constant outbursts and demands. He is disrespectful and argumentative with both his parents and they are losing any patience they previously had. Is there any hope? Can they interrupt his pattern of home behaviour. Tina knows where the light at the end of the tunnel can be found. This answer will help all parents.

Question 3

If your child hates their teacher what do you do it they are stuck having the same teacher again the following year? Is there any way of mending the relationship? Surely a teacher should never let it get this far but what do you do or what can you do if they have!! Jarlath and Tina play out the scene and how best to handle it.

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We are so excited to be back. Thank you to everyone who has been keeping in touch and who have been so supportive of our parenting podcast.

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind so it’s lovely to be able to sit down together again and try and help dome parents feel less alone.

Question 1-

Tantrums and meltdowns are exhausting for the child and the grown up.

How can we navigate our kids through them? How can we help them regulate their emotions and learn to manage them?

It takes practice. It takes time. Even the worst behaviour can improve. There is always hope. Find the cause of the behaviour and you’ll find the answer to it.

Shout out- To the main man Steve Daly who is officially our favourite person in the world. Listen in to find out why!

Question 2-

With the holiday season approaching how do you tackle the travel with children who have no patience for travelling. Is there a recipe for a successful trip with toddlers? Is it even possible to go a whole flight without a meltdown?

What is required from the parent to ensure that the whole family survives the train, plane or automobile.

Question 3-

Teenagers. We are all afraid of them. Teenage dread is a real panic most parents experience. Will we lose our gorgeous kid to hormones? How much does the responsibility of navigating these teenage years actually fall on our shoulders as parents. The more informed we are of what they are actually experiencing the more we can try to lean into understanding this tumultuous phase of their lives.

Thank you for listening in. We are so happy to be back.

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