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Financial literacy is not just for learning as a young adult. As RTÉ News reports, the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) is advocating for children as young as four or five to start learning about personal finance.

CEO David Malone says: “Teaching very young children, in primary school as a start, about personal finance can really plant those early seeds for financial success.”

The ILCU’s Start Money Smart programme, offers tailored and interactive classroom activities. Topics range from budgeting and saving to impulse buying, taught through games, quizzes, and worksheet challenges.

Malone adds, “We find the interaction in the classrooms… they’re learning from each other as well.” Parents are also encouraged to use tools like savings charts or party budgeting games to teach value through experience.

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The journey doesn’t stop at primary school. ILCU also runs Clued In for secondary students, covering budgeting, credit, and disposable spending. Meanwhile, financial planner Leah McMahon is filling another gap. She developed a financial literacy course for Transition Year students at Castletroy College in Limerick, her former school.

Her goal is to build habits early: “Understand the money that comes in, the money that goes out. Be able to control your expenses and save towards your goals,” McMahon advises RTÉ News.

Her programme teaches teens to split their money into 50 per cent for expenses, 20 per cent for savings, and 30 per cent for leisure. She also highlights risks around easy credit access: “One of those repayments being missed can go on their credit history reports… and that’ll affect them in the future.”

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Bank of Ireland’s Money Smarts programme focuses on real-life money scenarios for students, covering savings, debt, and fraud awareness. Aoife Mahon, Programme Manager, told RTÉ: “The programme really challenges students to actively take more responsibility for managing their daily spend.”

Students can even open bank accounts through school-based “student banks.” Teachers say this hands-on experience enhances maths and business lessons and boosts engagement.

The push to teach children about money reflects growing concerns about financial anxiety in young people. McMahon notes that around 70 per cent of 15- to 30-year-olds in Ireland are reportedly worried about money.

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Princess Beatrice is speaking candidly about the experience of welcoming her baby daughter, Athena, preterm. 

The King’s niece, 36, and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi announced the birth of their second child on Jan. 22. In a first-hand account published by British Vogue on Sunday, March 23, she recalled having gone through “sheer worry” following her daughter’s birth several weeks early but said she“learned so much” from the experience.

The royal shared that her baby daughter “needed close monitoring” throughout her pregnancy and that she and her husband “understood we needed to prepare for an early arrival.”

“What I learned in this process has been humbling: understanding so much more about our remarkable human bodies, but also, more than anything, what we don’t know,” Princess Beatrice wrote.

“I lay awake in the weeks leading up to birth, trying to monitor each movement of the baby in my tummy and asking myself a thousand times,“ ‘What if this happens, or what if that happens?’ ” Princess Beatrice said. 

“I was very fortunate to be monitored closely by a medical team and I’m extremely aware of how lucky I am,” she continued, noting that her daughter Athena “arrived healthy, a few weeks before her due date.”

The mom-of-two said her baby daughter was “so tiny” at the time, like the paws of a bunny, and that “it took more than a few weeks for the tears of relief to dry and for life with our healthy baby to feel real.”

Princess Beatrice revealed Athena “is now doing really well.” She said that she has had “a few more answers as to what happened, but still no precise explanation” of the early birth.  

“Looking back over those months of sheer worry, I am filled with a sense of determination that more can be done to help others find answers to those questions around the complications [of] preterm birth – questions that defined my days (and nights) during pregnancy,” she wrote. 

Princess Beatrice concluded that her pregnancy experience and her mother Sarah Ferguson’s breast and skin cancer diagnoses in 2024, have urged her to help in “facilitating the necessary research into the health challenges that women face daily.”

Princess Beatrice and Mozzi tied the knot in 2020 and welcomed their first child, daughter Sienna, in September 2021. The couple made their first appearance after welcoming their second daughter, Athena, at the premature research charity Borne’s Wonderland Gala in London on March 6.

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Beatrice’s account coincided with her sister Princess Eugenie celebrating her 35th birthday on Sunday.

Eugenie marked her birthday by posting a sweet photo on Instagram of her sitting at a small bench table with her sons, August, 3, and Ernest Brooksbank, 1, as they ate a meal outdoors.

“Birthday besties.. 😘🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊,” she wrote in the caption.

Elon Musk’s daughter has spoken out against her “pathetic man child” father and his involvement in the “cartoonishly evil” American government in a new interview.

In what is her second only media-interview since publicly distancing herself from her father last year, Vivian Jenna Wilson, 20, discussed her childhood and what it was like growing up as the daughter of the richest man in the world, in an interview with Teen Vogue.

The eldest child of the SpaceX owner also took the opportunity to call out her Father’s alleged Nazi salute during Trump’s inauguration earlier this year.

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“The Nazi salute sh*t was insane,” she said.

“We’re going to call a fig a fig, and we’re going to call a Nazi salute what it was — that sh*t was definitely a Nazi salute.”

“He’s a pathetic man-child,” she said of Musk, who she characterized along with many of his associates as having “the charisma of a soaking bathrobe.”

Wilson also opened up about coming out as a trans woman in the shadow of Musk, who had previously dead-named her (the act of calling a transgender person by their birth name) during an interview with Jordan Peterson, saying he had been tricked into signing paperwork allowing Wilson to access gender-affirming treatment at 16.

“I was constantly having mental breakdowns in the middle of class — I could not get through days — I didn’t want to wake up, I didn’t want to do anything,” she said.

Wilson said her mother, Justine Wilson, with whom Musk shares 5 other children, was supportive of her transition, but that she had stopped speaking with her father in the months before she began her gender-affirming care.

She also discussed feeling obligated to talk about trans issues due to the ‘increasingly hostile political landscape’ Musk is involved with.

“It’s horrifying what they’re doing, not only to the trans community, but also to migrants, to communities of colour, to so many marginalised communities that are being systematically targeted by the new administration and having protections revoked — it’s cartoonishly evil.”

When asked if she got along with her siblings, Wilson said she was not even aware of how many she had.

“I will say I do not actually know how many siblings I have, if you include half-siblings,” she said.

Musk is believed to have at least 14 children to four different women, including singer Grimes and most recently with conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair.

The mother of a teenager shot to death at Notting Hill Carnival revealed that she is still ‘looking over her shoulder’ as her son’s killer remains free.

Speaking eight months after the attack, Janay John-Francois urged anyone with information which could help find Rene Graham’s killer to come forward.

The 15-year-old was killed in broad daylight in Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Park, Ladbroke Grove, west London, on July 21, 2024.

He had been attending a warm-up event for the carnival with friends when shots were fired.

Despite four appeals by the Metropolitan Police, his killer is yet to be caught.

‘It’s broken, shattered my life… It’s killing me on the inside,’ Janay said.

‘I’m fuming about it. I’m fuming because right now it seems I’m not going to get justice for my son.’

She said the grieving process cannot begin until she has answers and she will not feel safe until Rene’s killer is caught.

‘I go down that road and I am looking over my shoulder,’ she said.

‘I don’t know who it could be, and that messes up your head. Because you are thinking, is my family safe? Do they know who I am?

‘You can’t live like that.’

The Met continues to appeal for witnesses to come forward with information but says the response so far has been ‘minimal’.

‘We know from reviewing CCTV from inside the park that many people were filming on the day, and these videos could hold crucial information for us,’ DCI Alison Foxwell, who is leading the investigation, said.

‘We urge anybody with footage to contact police on 101 with the reference 01/621769/24 as soon as possible,’ she added.

Rene’s mother also believes others are accountable for his death.

The teenager spent much of his life in care because his mother was unable to look after him.

‘I put my hands up and say that I was young, I was 15. I could have done a lot of things differently,’ she said.

But she says the authorities didn’t properly care for him.

‘He had no structure in his life. No school, nothing for five years… and down to all of that, he ended up where he was, living the life he was living,’ she said.

‘They failed him and I need them to take responsibility for that.’

A spokesperson for Westminster City Council told Sky News: ‘We do our best in complicated circumstances to help young people as they grow up.

‘We supported Rene over several years and every decision the council made was driven by Rene’s welfare and with his family’s involvement.’

They added: ‘The loss of a child, in such horrific circumstances, is impossible to imagine and we continue to express our deepest sympathy to Rene’s mother and his whole family.’

Metro has contacted the council for comment.

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Seren Sriganesh, 23, had already clocked six penalty points on his licence before joining the force

A former police officer who blamed his parents for his speeding offences has been locked up.

Seren Sriganesh was caught speeding three times but tried to dodge the law by claiming his parents were at fault.

The 23-year-old then used Sussex Police systems to view details of one of his crimes.

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Sriganesh also failed to declare he had six or more penalty points on his licence before joining the force in June 2023.

He did not tell his insurance provider he had points on his licence.

Sriganesh admitted conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation, fraud by failing to disclose information, and unlawfully obtaining personal data.

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A further charge of fraud by failing to disclose information was agreed to lie on file.

The charges relate to offending between September 2020 and February 2024.

He was jailed for 38 months at Guildford Crown Court on Friday, March 21.

The convict – who was was based on the Brighton and Hove policing division – was also handed a two-year driving ban.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) launched an investigation into Sriganesh following a referral from Sussex Police in May 2024.

Enquiries were carried out by the force’s anti-corruption unit under the direction of the IOPC.

The investigation ended in August 2024, with the IOPC referring a file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

The CPS then authorised the charges against Sriganesh, who resigned from the force in October 2024.

IOPC director Emily Barry said: “The evidence gathered in this case was overwhelming and undoubtedly led to Sriganesh’s guilty plea.

“I would like to pay tribute to the officers from Sussex Police anti-corruption unit who worked meticulously to investigate this matter.

“The public have a right to expect police officers to act with honesty and integrity, and it is a gross breach of trust when they break the law.

“Sriganesh flagrantly and repeatedly broke the law for his own personal gain and he has faced the very serious consequences of his actions.”

So many of us try to recall our earliest memories yet can’t seem to conjure up anything beyond a certain point. Our baby lives are completely unaccounted for in our Memory Palaces. Well, for most of us anyway.

We’ve never fully understood it, and at best just assumed that babies are bad at forming long-term memories. New research seems to suggest otherwise.

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Infantile amnesia, as it’s called, may not be the thing, at least according to research published in Science by cognitive neuroscientist Tristan Yates from Columbia University. Her research suggests that babies do form memories, we can’t seem to access them as we age.

She and her team figure this out by examining how babies’ brains react to new images using an fMRI machine. That in itself is a nightmare to accomplish because an fMRI requires the patient to stay extremely still.

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Babies are notoriously uncooperative whenever the subject of stillness arises. The team got around this problem by giving them some pacifiers to suck on, but more ingeniously they had the babies watch videos that had images appear two seconds at a time before disappearing and being replaced with another. Behind that image was a kaleidoscopic green pattern that Yates says was “meant to have infants fixate towards the center of the screen.”

They found that a baby’s hippocampus lit up when it saw a new image. The images were all of things they’d likely never seen before like a dog toy or a canyon. Then, about a minute later, they would show them an image they had already seen next to a different image that shared similar characteristics. For instance, maybe a baby was shown a picture of a waterfall next to the familiar picture of a canyon.

Babies tend to look at familiar things more than they do new things, as they did in the study. This suggests that even in infancy the hippocampus was able to form and store a memory. Accessing these memories later on in life is a whole different matter, one that the researchers are going to try to tackle in a follow-up study.

They plan on asking the baby’s families to record videos from the babies’ point of view. They then plan on playing his video back for the babies to see how their hippocampus reacts to footage that is, ostensibly, from their first-person perspective like they were Doom Guy or Gordon Freeman.

Young boys often inherit a love of football from their fathers and many grow up wanting to be a professional – especially if their dad has been a top-level player.

Many follow in their father’s footsteps and while some find the pressure of living up their parent’s achievements too much, others go on to eclipse their dad’s career on the football field.

MUM’s can get themselves a treat in M&S this week that costs nothing.

The British retailer is offering select customers a free box of their delicious chocolate biscuits.

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And one savvy shopper was quick to share how to get a hold of it for yourself.

Zara Prescott, took to Facebook to share how she found the offer and bagged a box of the £6 sweet treat for herself.

She wrote: “If you have a young child (not sure the age limit. My son is 2 for comparison) and you are a member of the M&S parent club through Sparks you can get a free box of biscuits worth £6 for Mother’s Day.”

“The milk choc box and mixed choc box are in the offer,” the mum exclaimed.

In the deal, you can pick up milk chocolate selections, a mix including a variety of dark, milk, and white chocolates, or their dairy-free box.

However, the offer is only available to some customers, so if you want to know if you are eligible, keep reading.

Zara shared the deal on the Facebook group Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK.

People were quick to thank her for sharing the freebie.

One person wrote: “Thank you, just had a look and I have it showing on mine, so I’ll be collecting them tomorrow.”

Another commented: “I got mine today too, really chuffed they’re £6 to buy – nice little freebie.”

“Ooh it’s on mine thank you I wouldn’t have noticed,” penned a third.

Meanwhile a fourth said: “I got the free box too.”

“My little one is 27, I wonder if I’ll qualify?” joked a fifth.

Someone else added: “Them biscuits are nice!”

To qualify for the offer you need to be a Sparks Member, which is a free loyalty scheme for the store.

It gives you offers and occasionally free items based on your past shopping.

You will then need to register for the M&S Parenthood Club by going to the “My Account” section of the Sparks app and click on “Subscriptions & clubs”.

You should see the option to register for Parent Hood which you can sign up for if you are an expectant parent or have a child under two years old.

Once you register, you should see the offer to claim the free biscuits in store.

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Parenting styles and deliberate parenting choices tend to naturally vary across cultures, families, and age demographics, according to a 2022 study. But alongside digital accessibility to experience, new information, and the link between childhood experiences and adult struggles, it’s not surprising that many people have condemned the old-school parenting styles and phrases that plagued their own upbringings.

In fact, there are many phrases our parents used that would never fly with today’s kids, who are largely plugged into discussions of emotional intelligence, the digital landscape, and therapy terms that unpack and unravel this traditionalist language. Of course, it’s not that kids today are simply more emotionally aware — there’s still a great need to teach emotional intelligence and self-awareness in young generations. 

Here are 11 phrases our parents used that would never fly with today’s kids

1. ‘You’re right, I’m such a horrible parent’

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Considering many kids today, especially those plugged into online discussions on things like manipulation and toxic relationships, are more sensitive to old-school phrases intended to blame-shift and provide parents with unruly superiority, it’s not surprising that this is one of the phrases our parents used that would never fly with today’s kids, as they’re no longer acceptable amongst modern parenting shifts.

Considering the emotional manipulation many children face at the hands of their parents manifests as guilt-tripping, blame-shifting, or avoiding accountability, this phrase is no longer an innocent threat. Instead, it’s riddled with toxic assumptions and inadvertently harms kids by encouraging them to not express their emotions or voice their needs at home.

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2. ‘You have it easier than I did as a kid’

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According to a 2023 Gallup survey, kids and teenagers today are experiencing worsened mental health as a result of their increased social media usage, largely because they’re subjected to comparison culture, navigating unrealistic standards and “choice and decision overload.” Sadly, many of the phrases our parents used that would never fly with today’s kids latch onto the consequences of comparison culture.

Despite growing up in an incredibly different time, parents use a phrase like this to condemn their kids to comparison, trying to spark feelings of guilt or shame in their kids for complaining about their struggles or voicing their needs.

Sometimes, showing up as a truly healthy and supportive parent means acknowledging your kids’ complex emotions and struggles, being there to support them, even if you were forced to navigate situations you perceive to be “harder” or more challenging growing up.

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3. ‘If you loved me, you’d do this’

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Many modern parenting styles today adopt a less hierarchical approach to caregiving at home, instead leveling the playing field with their kids to make space for their emotions and support their struggles.

Phrases like this do quite the opposite, weaponizing a parent’s perceived superiority or relationship with their kids to guilt them into following their demands or getting what they want.

According to clinical psychologist Daniel S. Lobel PhD, children exposed to this kind of parental gaslighting, no matter how disguised it is in phrases like this one, often battle many psychological consequences — from grappling with depressive symptoms, to living in a constant state of anxiety, and ignoring their own emotional needs to appease their parents’ comfort.

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4. ‘Because I said so’

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According to a study from the journal Acta Psychologica, parents who have experienced their own adverse childhood experiences and trauma tend to repeat the cycle with their own kids, using phrases and language like this to cope with their own emotional turmoil and struggles with power dynamics.

“Because I said so” is one of the phrases our parents used that would never fly with today’s kids. It’s no longer a powerful phrase for parents to get what they want, especially in the face of modern kids who are encouraged to debate and dive deeper into hierarchical parenting structures as a result of accessibility online — at least for teenagers and young adults who seek out these conversations.

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5. ‘Stop being so dramatic’

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Experts like psychologist Hal Shorey, PhD argue that phrases like “you’re so dramatic” or “stop being so sensitive” are inherently dismissive. They encourage people, especially young kids, to suppress their emotions and keep their needs to themselves.

Healthy parents show up to support their kids, listen to them, and teach them emotional intelligence by working with them to set boundaries and express their needs, but phrases like this do the opposite.

Unsurprisingly, the resentment that sparks as a result of these communication styles often contributes to tension in parent-child relationships into adulthood, according to a study from the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

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6. ‘I’ll give you something to cry about’

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Phrases like this one or “it hurts me more than it hurts you” often gave traditionalist parents an excuse to avoid vulnerability with their kids, condemning them for expressing their opinions or needs, especially in the face of their own shortcomings and insecurities.

Rather than taking the time to sit with their kids and make space for their uncomfortable feelings, this phrase is a defense mechanism for them to avoid taking accountability for their mistakes and having to spend time, energy, and effort acknowledging their emotions.

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7. ‘Get over it, life goes on’

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While it might seem like an obvious realization for kids plugged into mental health conversations online today, recognizing that trauma and intensely uncomfortable emotions don’t simply go away without recognition is largely a modern idea.

This old-school parenting phrase encourages kids to ignore their discomfort and suppress their emotions for their parents’ comfort and convenience, despite research that suggests this behavior only exacerbates mental health concerns and emotional turmoil.

When parents try to push their kids’ emotional needs away or ignore supporting them in times of distress, they only feed into a toxic cycle of resentment. Their kids suppress their emotions, feel ashamed and guilty for having inevitable outbursts, and adopt a misguided belief that their emotions and needs are a burden they should ignore to appease others.

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8. ‘Don’t come home until the streetlights come on’

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In the face of information accessibility online and horror stories on social media, many parenting shifts today are centered around overprotective guidelines, where parents are trying to endlessly protect their kids from safety concerns and harm.

From cutting out sleepovers to only allowing supervised play, it’s no surprise that phrases like this aren’t common in modern day households. Kids are not only at home, but encouraged to stay there.

Despite research, like a study from University College London, that encourages parents to let their kids engage in unsupervised play — naming emotional and physical benefits to navigating community and social interactions without their parents as evidence — overprotective parenting shifts have made this one of the phrases your parents used that would never fly with today’s kids.

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9. ‘You can be whatever you want to be’

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While traditional life paths and the mentality that “you can be whatever you want to be” might have motivated older generations to craft successful adult lives, many young kids and adults today are struggling to prioritize their childhood aspirations.

Amid growing economic uncertainty and specific generational barriers like the impact of social media and technology, this has quickly become one of the phrases our parents used that would never fly with today’s kids.

Encouraging kids to build goals, craft future aspirations, and learn resilience and ambition is of course still a priority for the healthiest parents today. But the reality is that making money, building a secure foundation for success, and realizing the comfort many younger generations are yearning for isn’t always aligned with personal passions and childhood goals.

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10. ‘You brought this on yourself’

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According to psychologist Lynn Margolies, PhD, parents who rely on guilt-tripping to get what they want are essentially emotionally blackmailing their children. By suggesting they’re at fault for sparking conflict or discomfort simply by expressing their opinions or even making a mistake, all a phrase like this does is encourage children to live in anxiety of perceived failure.

Many of the phrases our parents used that would never fly with today’s kids are subtly manipulative, even if they were used with the best of intentions. 

By being more intentional about language and thoughtful about encouraging kids towards emotional intelligence, parents today can ensure they’re set up for success in adulthood, equipped with the self-awareness and skills like setting boundaries that help them build healthier relationships.

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11. ‘Wait until your father gets home’

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According to a study from Children and Youth Services Review, weaponizing threats of physical altercations with phrases like this has the power to exacerbate aggressive behaviors in young children, in ways that can sabotage their emotional intelligence, self-regulation, and relationship building skills later in life.

Especially in the context of today’s parenting world, where disciplinary behaviors like “spanking” are actively declining, it’s not surprising that phrases like this are also less prevalent in many households.

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Zayda Slabbekoorn is a staff writer with a bachelor’s degree in social relations & policy and gender studies who focuses on psychology, relationships, self-help, and human interest stories. 

Michelle Keegan has taken to social media to give fans a look at her new life as a mum after she and husband Mark Wright welcomed their baby daughter Palma earlier this month

Michelle Keegan has shared an adorable snap of her newborn baby girl Palma after announcing her arrival earlier this month.

Just a fortnight after giving birth to her baby girl Palma, Michelle and hubby Mark Wright spread the joy with a heart-melting photo last week, bagging loads of awwws and virtual hugs from their celeb mates and relatives.

Now 37, the star treated her followers to another glimpse of her new baba on Instagram, this time zooming in on little Palma’s weeny foot. She captioned the black-and-white image “simply magic” complete with a star emoji for added cute factor.

The couple, now parents at 38 and 37 respectively, first spilled the beans about their upcoming bundle of joy last December. They took the wraps off their little angel’s name in a shared post last week, saying: “Together we have a new love to share… Our little girl. Palma Elizabeth Wright. 06.03.25.”

Carol, Michelle’s mum, couldn’t resist gushing over her grandbaby on social media this week. She shared a heartfelt message saying, “Happiness is when your granddaughter comes up to you and gives you a big hug ‘just because’.”

She signed it off with “Can’t wait,” surrounded by pink hearts, reports the Mirror.

Over on Heart’s Saturday Breakfast radio show, freshly minted dad Mark Wright had an emotional natter with co-host Olly Murs. He gave his missus Michelle massive props, calling her a “superhero” for the amazing feat of bringing little Palma into the world.

He candidly shared his feelings, revealing that his daughter Palma was already the greatest accomplishment of his life. In a heartfelt moment with his friend and co-host, he said: “It’s actually hard to put it into words. I’ll start by saying it’s the biggest achievement of my life. It’s all I think about.”

Mark couldn’t praise his wife enough for her remarkable strength during childbirth, adding: “But obviously, hats go off to my wife. She’s an absolute superhuman superhero for bringing this baby into the world.”

He reflected on the experience, saying: “And it makes you realise, like what our mums did for us, and makes me have so much more respect than I already had and what women have to go through.”

Sharing with listeners, Mark said: “But other than that, it’s the best feeling in the world. I wake up every morning just so excited to see her face. Every time I wake up, I’m like ‘oh, she’s there.’ And that moment when I held her in my arms, I mean, it gets me emotional now thinking about it.”

Concluding his thoughts on last weekend’s episode, he emotionally stated: “It’s just, I suppose, everything else goes out the window. And it’s made me realise what life is all about.”

He lovingly addressed his daughter: “And my little baby, Palma, I love you so much. I can’t wait to spend my life with you.”

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