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#486 Do Grandparents Owe Us a Dig Out?
Do grandparents have a duty to step in and help raise their grandkids—or are we putting too much pressure on them? In this episode, Niall takes calls from listeners on one of the most talked-about family dilemmas in Ireland today.
Around half of Irish grandparents provide some level of childcare, often stepping in when working parents struggle with the soaring cost of crèches and after-school care—sometimes as costly as a second mortgage. But where’s the line between helping out and being taken for granted?
Niall revisits a striking email from a listener whose mother had been minding her two…
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