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Do you experience loneliness as a parent?
Newstalk Breakfast Highlights
English - May 13, 2024 06:45 - 7 minutes - 6.66 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNews radio Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Becoming a parent brings enormous responsibility and a new sense of identity, but does it also bring a sense of loneliness? As early year staples like play dates end and your child becomes more independent, what can be done to offset the feeling of no longer being needed?
To discuss further we spoke to Leslie Shoemaker is a counselling psychologist and lecturer in TU Dublin.