Could children benefit from the ‘great pause’?How children will fare from this lockdown all depends on their family livesWed Apr 29 2020 - 06:01
How to support grieving bereaved children during this pandemicBereavement experts share advice for parents trying to cope in the most trying of circumstancesTue Apr 21 2020 - 06:01
Agencies rally behind parents on the domestic frontlineLone parents, new mothers, children at risk, or families in financial trouble can consult helplines and websites for support in tough timesTue Apr 14 2020 - 06:01
Parental alienation: ‘It’s emotional abuse at the highest level’When one parent turns a child against the other, a childhood is lostTue Apr 07 2020 - 06:01
Marriage split: Children the battle ground for warring couplesEstranged husband ‘in no doubt she has done her best to turn the children against him’Tue Apr 07 2020 - 06:00
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
