Coronavirus: Primary school measures are reinforcing inequality, report saysNew survey highlights concerns over effect of school closures on disadvantaged childrenMon Apr 06 2020 - 03:05
Leaving Cert: ‘It feels aimless. I don’t know what the story is’Covid-19 multiplies uncertainties for sixth-year students and their parentsWed Apr 01 2020 - 06:01
Leaving Cert parents: Forget about points and keep focus on daily tasksConcentrating on the here and now can help keep longer-term anxieties in proportionWed Apr 01 2020 - 06:01
Timely advice for coping with the screenager in our livesAt a time when teenagers are confined to home, Richard Hogan’s new book has useful tips for parentsWed Mar 25 2020 - 06:01
Coronavirus: The good news and the good news to be wary ofHere amid the gloom are some positive developments. However, there are caveatsSat Mar 21 2020 - 06:01
Meet the child behaviour guru who was ‘ahead of the curve’Incredible Years founder Prof Carolyn Webster-Stratton on challenging childrenTue Mar 17 2020 - 06:01
Coronavirus: 12 of your questions answered by expertsAm I high risk? Should we clean packages? Can pets carry the virus? Are playdates safe? Does holding your breath work?Tue Mar 17 2020 - 06:01
Young cancer patients are ‘falling through the gap’Treating teenage and young adult cancer patients differently can drive up survival ratesWed Mar 11 2020 - 06:01
How to make the most of your visit to the pharmacistMaking greater use of pharmacies can save you money and time and improve your healthMon Mar 02 2020 - 06:01
HPV vaccine: A complete guide to immunising daughters and sonsQ&A: The vaccine is offered to all boys and girls in first year in secondary schoolTue Feb 25 2020 - 08:44
‘It affects your nervous system, your brain, your thought process’Following his gruelling cancer battle, Eoin Roche is an ardent advocate of the HPV vaccination programmeTue Feb 25 2020 - 06:01
‘We have kids who can’t touch their toes’Sarah Gillespie’s Rinka classes help children acquire basic movement skillsTue Feb 18 2020 - 06:00
The art of engaging in calm, honest dialogue while avoiding landminesDon’t be put off by the name: Nonviolent Communication could change your lifeWed Feb 12 2020 - 06:01
‘There are people out there who could do with the services of Parentline’Mother-of-five Aileen Hickie brings first-hand experience to her new role as CEO of an organisation now 40 years in existenceTue Feb 04 2020 - 06:01
How do you get bereaved fathers to talk? Bring a footballThe teams are made up of members of Féileacáin – the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association of Ireland - and its UK counterpartTue Jan 28 2020 - 06:01
Don’t refer to them as ‘the ‘Polish child’ or ‘the Chinese child’ – learn their name and use itStudy shows more efforts needed to further integration of children from a non-native Irish backgroundTue Jan 21 2020 - 06:01
Making ‘outsiders’ feel at home is child’s play‘Grow from Seeds’ school workshops are piloting practical intercultural education for childrenTue Jan 21 2020 - 06:01
Expert advice on how to get your child to sleep well – so you do tooSleep consultants offer advice on how sleep is key to maternal wellbeing and infant healthTue Jan 14 2020 - 06:01
How to give teenagers a grounding in life and make them more resilientSoar meets young people on the front line and tries to equip them to be the best versions of themselvesWed Jan 08 2020 - 06:01
How to make the most of a visit to the doctorIn the first of a series of health service guides, we look at how to use your time with your GPThu Jan 02 2020 - 06:01
Celebrating that special relationship between grandparents and grandchildrenFestive season presents opportunities to enhance a special relationshipTue Dec 17 2019 - 06:01
Teenage drink and drugs crisis: Here’s a radical plan for Ireland that can workA task force in the west of Ireland is using Iceland’s model for reducing alcohol and drug abuse among teenagersTue Dec 10 2019 - 06:01
‘She was taking three hours in the shower, not sleeping properly’Home-based parenting support helps families meet challenges when 'life happens'Mon Dec 02 2019 - 06:01
The signs of motherhood most women want to keep hiddenFrom stretch marks to C-section scars and flabby tummies, a new campaign aims to promote openness and pride about the physical toll that having a baby bringsTue Nov 26 2019 - 06:15
Childcare: ‘You try and do your best and you feel attacked all the time’Childcare centres fear National Childcare Scheme will affect communities they serveTue Nov 19 2019 - 06:01
New national childcare scheme: 11 essential points you need to knowNew system launches on Wednesday but low-income families on existing programmes will be allowed to remain on them indefinitelyTue Nov 19 2019 - 06:00
National Childcare Scheme to put some children at ‘disadvantage’Childcare providers warn disadvantaged communities will be negatively affectedTue Nov 19 2019 - 02:23
The ‘chronic sorrow’ of knowing your child will dieFinn O’Gorman (3) was born with a life-limiting genetic conditionTue Nov 05 2019 - 06:01
How Maeve Binchy’s Irish Times column helped children in hospitalThe writer’s deploring of ‘etiquette fiends’ started a letters page row that led to the setting-up of what is now Children in Hospital in IrelandTue Oct 29 2019 - 06:01
Bullying in school: Seven things a parent should knowCyberspace greatly expands audience for bullying and raises level of humiliation and threatThu Oct 24 2019 - 06:01
School bullying: How a new project plans to reduce itA programme aims to empower teachers, students and parents to tackle bullyingThu Oct 24 2019 - 06:01
New mothers: ‘We had one group where every single person was crying’Research finds new ‘wraparound’ support programme boosts parents’ confidenceFri Oct 11 2019 - 07:01
I refused to go to school: ‘I just walked out and said, I am never going back’Fay Dunn’s first prolonged period of refusal began in primary school and continued into secondaryTue Oct 01 2019 - 06:01
‘If a teenager says they don’t want to go to school – what do you do?’There is an increase in children refusing to attend school but ‘there is no standard solution’Tue Oct 01 2019 - 06:00
Touching scene: why skin-to-skin care is best for newborns . . . and parentsDirect skin-to-skin contact has been shown to have many benefits including bonding, stabilising of the baby’s temperature and heart rate and lowering of stressMon Sept 23 2019 - 06:01
Motherhood and work: 'I was going to be constantly making decisions I didn’t want to make'Women take the plunge into start-up businesses to find a better work-family balanceTue Sept 17 2019 - 06:01
‘We went to court arguing over €30’State needs to step in with guidance and support on maintenance, says lone parents’ organisationTue Sept 10 2019 - 06:01
Teenagers and their phones: ‘I plan to spend five minutes and it ends up an hour’Eight your people reveal what they love, and hate, about their smartphonesTue Sept 03 2019 - 06:01
‘Everything about a phone is fine until it is not fine’Parents need to lead by example when monitoring children’s smartphone usageTue Sept 03 2019 - 06:01
New National Childcare Scheme: Nine essential points for parentsScheme starts in October and puts greater administration burden on parents. Be preparedTue Aug 27 2019 - 06:01
Seeing an independent future for children who are blind or visually impairedNCBI residential camps teach living skills to children who are blind or visually impairedTue Aug 13 2019 - 07:01
Horse riding is not just for the well-offThe Cherry Orchard Equine Centre offers a range of pony-related activities to children in the Dublin 10 areaTue Aug 06 2019 - 06:01
Right as rein: how riding can be more than just a hobbyThe love of horses sets children up for an outdoor pursuit that brings both physical and mental benefitsTue Aug 06 2019 - 06:01
Outsourcing parenting: from night nurses to homework helpersBusy lives, social pressures and middle-class angst fuel the demand for paid helpTue Jul 30 2019 - 07:01
Drilling down into children’s dental healthThe new oral health policy looks attractive for parents but dentists argue it is ‘unworkable’Thu Jul 25 2019 - 06:01
Parents are being ‘eradicated from the lives of their children for no good reason’There is no policy in Ireland to define, detect or resolve parental alienationThu Jul 18 2019 - 06:01
A teenager’s adoption story: ‘I always thought this is all my fault’A teenager struggled for years searching for answers to the ‘puzzle’ of her adoptionTue Jul 09 2019 - 17:01
Baby talk: learning to understand newborn behaviourParents understanding how babies can communicate from day one is key to good infant mental healthTue Jul 02 2019 - 07:01
School-age childcare – who foots the bill?Ireland spends five times less on childcare than the UNICEF target of 1% GDPTue Jun 18 2019 - 06:01
New study reveals ‘killjoy’ impact of progressing through secondary schoolResilience building is essential, and a tutor is key in talking through coping mechanisms with students for difficult scenariosTue Jun 11 2019 - 06:01
