Have you got a Leaving Cert student in the house? If you find you’re walking on eggshells, you’re not alone. Follow these tips – we may or may not be speaking from experience …Try not to react when your son is playing FIFA on the Xbox until 1am the night before his French exam. He’s changed the language settings, so it’s actually revision.
It doesn’t help. Listen to archive Desert Island Discs – the most successful people did not ace their final exams.Try not to leap out of bed when you hear them rummaging for a midnight snack – you can’t sleep a wink these last two weeks – they need some alone time, staring glassily at a Fulfil bar and marshmallows melting in a mug in the microwave.