Choosing to be a stay-at-home parent

As one Irish mum recently told the nation why she gave up her job to take her kids out of childcare, Áilín Quinlan speaks to other stay-at-home parents about their experience.

WHEN Cork-based mother-of-two Donna Hartnett penned a letter saying she was quitting her job and putting her children first, she could never have imagined the furore it would cause.

But her blunt, unflinching statement fired the imagination of the public.