Honey You're Ruining Our Kid

We’re back (only a week late… which is basically early for us) after a whirlwind tour in Boston, New York and Philly, and we’ve come home wrecked but full of observations. Including one big one: way less screens around little kids over there, and kids just… playing. For hours. Like it’s the 80s again.

Then we dive into three listener questions: sensory diets and how to make sure a school sensory room doesn’t become a “messing” room (and how to protect your kid’s privacy), a suddenly clingy 2-year-old who won’t go to sleep now there’s a new baby, and toddler tantrums—how to hold boundaries without overpowering, using safety language, real choices, and “now and next”.
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Are you dreading potty training? Is your kid refusing to go to bed? Is your kid spoiled and throwing tantrums? Welcome back to another episode of Honey! You’re Ruining Our Kid! Myself and Jarlath have been here, there and everywhere. Life has been so busy we are feeling like we have toddler sleep deprived fatigue again. Definitely a tiredness we thought we had outgrown. So we are sending hugs to all the tired 🥱 parents out there. We see you. We have three banger questions for you today.
Question 1.
Do your kids sleep well once they are in bed but getting them into the bed is the exhausting part? How do you switch up your bedtime routine so that you don’t end up on the couch regretting everything that just happened. This week we help a mum recalibrate her bed time ritual so that both her girls feel a little more independent and perhaps more involved in their bedtime schedule. Calm heads, happy hearts that hopefully lead on to sweet dreams.
Question 2.
We have a life hack for spoiled kids and definitive proof that it works. What does distracting your child mean? How do you break away from the idea of punishment and consequences? The idea of "ignoring and distracting" seems wrong and yet it gets the best results. How and why does it work? Children want attention let’s teach them a better way of getting it.
Question 3.
When is the right time to start potty training. What are the steps to success? What should you never do. What works. Tina’s blue print is here. Listen in to find out.
Thank you for listening in to another episode of Honey You’re ruining our kid. Email any questions into us at honeyyouareruiningourkid@gmail.com, I’ll do my very best to help you and we will always take time to discuss your question on the pod. Go to www.jigser.com/gigs for tickets to see Jarlath's new show live.

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.
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