Learning to be parents

As this week’s review into child deaths in care revealed, childhood neglect often continues from generation to generation of a family.

One residential family support service in Cork is trying to break this cycle by helping women bond with their babies as well as learn the basic skills of parenting, writes Claire O’Sullivan

MANY of the women who arrive at the Bessborough Mother and Baby Centre in Cork can’t make a bottle for their babies, regularly getting formula measurements confused.