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As parents, it can sometimes feel as though our sons become strangers almost overnight. The child who once told us everything suddenly retreats behind closed doors, shrugs in response to questions, and insists that everything is “fine”. Many parents assume this is simply part of being a teenager, and to […]

I’m sure, like many of you reading this, it feels like it has been an exceptionally busy June, and today, summer solstice, feels like the beginning of summer, rather than mid-summer, with all the joy that feeling brings. The early evening sun is still shining in beautiful Beara, a time […]