{"id":316187,"date":"2026-02-25T08:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/316187\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:38:08","slug":"i-literally-run-up-the-stairs-for-a-call-while-my-son-turns-on-the-tv-irish-dads-on-the-challenges-of-working-from-home-and-parenting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/316187\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I literally run up the stairs for a call while my son turns on the TV\u2019 \u2013 Irish dads on the challenges of working from home and parenting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Just how do fathers manage to balance the competing demands of work life and caring for their little ones? Dan Billingham finds out\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tech worker Debanjan Dutta jokes he has 'been through it all' when it comes to working from home with his seven-year-old son. Photo: Gerry Mooney\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Debanjan Dutta 005.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Tech worker Debanjan Dutta jokes he has &#8216;been through it all&#8217; when it comes to working from home with his seven-year-old son. Photo: Gerry Mooney<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Manchester City striker Erling Haaland gave a clear explanation when asked after scoring the winning goal against Brentford in October last year as to why he was in such good form at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He said having a nine-month-old baby \u201cmakes me even better because I actually disconnect more than ever\u201d and focus more on the pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just how do fathers manage to balance the competing demands of work life and caring for their little&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[77748,61,60,898,43,128197,132860],"class_list":["post-316187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-daily-features","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news-ticker","tag-news","tag-shp","tag-signature-human-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}