Putting the ‘happy’ into family partiesKeep it simple and don’t let stress snuff out the enjoymentTue Mar 31 2015 - 06:00
Key ingredients of a good house party: Delegate, make lists and keep it simpleKeep it simple, recognise your limits and make lists for everythingTue Mar 31 2015 - 06:00
Children playing to their own strengthsMarte Meo founder Maria Aarts talks about her simple method of supporting emotional and social developmentTue Mar 24 2015 - 08:00
Polish mothers happy to be rearing their children into Irish family lifeWe talk to three women who are part of the 150,000 Polish-born living in IrelandTue Mar 17 2015 - 06:00
Our health experience: Neurosurgery at Beaumont saved us from a life of painEvent rider Caroline Bjoerk and student Aoife O’Brien had their lives transformed by treatment at the hospitalTue Mar 17 2015 - 05:50
Journey for young minds has many bumps in the roadServices are weakest when young people need them most: psychiatrists’ journal puts a spotlight on the challengesTue Mar 10 2015 - 05:00
An integrated approach to youth mental healthNational youth health programme promotes joined-up approach to mental healthTue Mar 10 2015 - 05:00
Pressure in social media always to be camera-readyThere has been a huge increase in the number of referrals of children with eating disordersTue Mar 03 2015 - 08:00
Parenting: ‘I always felt overweight and out of place’With social media and cameraphones, girls are under more pressure than ever about how they look. But a ‘Free Being Me’ programme for Guides challenges mythsTue Mar 03 2015 - 08:00
Chronic illness in children: ‘It is the hidden costs that you are never asked about’Tue Feb 24 2015 - 12:00
Shelter from the storm of childhood illnessThe Ronald McDonald House at Crumlin hospital sustains families who are coping with seriously ill childrenTue Feb 24 2015 - 08:00
‘We’ll fix it’ parents do their children no favoursRaising a resilient child: future happiness lies in learning to cope with adversity, says Sheila WaymanTue Feb 17 2015 - 06:00
Learn to parent teenagers from the experts – teenagersFrom discipline to drink, young people from Wicklow and Wexford say what works bestTue Feb 10 2015 - 08:00
Common mistakes when raising teenagersHitting the right note – not too strict, not too lenient – is importantTue Feb 10 2015 - 08:00
What children say about school lunch timeThe majority don’t have enough time to eat and, for some, it’s an unhappy part of the dayTue Feb 03 2015 - 08:00
When babies with congenital heart defects grow up to live normal livesOne million children a year are born with CHD – 800,000 of those have no access to careTue Jan 27 2015 - 12:00
Doula: ‘Somebody on the journey who is there for you no matter what’Hospitals are becoming more open to women bringing in an assistant as well as a partner as evidence of benefits mountsWed Jan 21 2015 - 10:45
Doulas for hire: an extra carer for childbirthHospitals are becoming more open to women bringing in an assistant as well as their partner as evidence of benefits mounts and demand growsTue Jan 20 2015 - 01:00
Triple P: a toolkit for happier familiesParenting programme shown to decrease behaviour problems and parental stress across Midlands communityWed Jan 14 2015 - 12:00
Parenting: When healthy eating became a class actA project by two schoolgirls resulted in a reduction of obesity levels among primary school pupilsTue Jan 06 2015 - 01:00
Child protection chief on ‘walking the talk’Tusla chief executive Gordon Jeyes outlines the challenges as ‘year zero’ draws to a closeTue Dec 30 2014 - 12:15
A first Christmas for quadruplets Amelia, Lily-Grace, Mollie and LucasMother Grace Slattery was shocked when she was told there were four heartbeatsThu Dec 25 2014 - 14:00
Family outings for the post-Christmas lullStep away from the table and enjoy shared activities with friends and relativesTue Dec 23 2014 - 06:00
A smartphone from Santa: what are the safety features?Internet-enabled devices come complete with responsibilites for everyone, so before you hand over that phone to your child, make sure to set the ground rulesTue Dec 16 2014 - 01:00
Parents’ associations: ‘ It shouldn’t be a sounding board for parents to gripe about teachers’The National Parents’ Council – Post-Primary believes PAs should be about children’s educationTue Dec 09 2014 - 06:00
The politics of parents' associationsThe National Parents’ Council is assessing if the sometimes contentious PA model is still fit for purposeTue Dec 09 2014 - 06:00
Gap in employment rights for fathers-to-beIreland is one of the few countries in the European Union not to have any statutory paternity leaveTue Dec 02 2014 - 08:00
Pregnancy is a full-time job for working womenUp to one-third of women feel they have been treated unfairly at this challenging timeTue Dec 02 2014 - 08:00
Who’s looking out for the survivors of childhood cancer?The 80 per cent who are cured need long-term follow-up care, says new advocacy groupTue Nov 25 2014 - 01:00
Dyslexia: ‘She tried her best but she wasn’t getting results’Jill Maher’s daughter Katie has dyslexia, but after an early assessment she has been able to achieve great resultsTue Nov 18 2014 - 08:00
Educational disability: New system for allocating special education teachersWorking group proposes ‘better and fairer’ way of allocating teachers to mainstream schoolsTue Nov 18 2014 - 08:00
Educational disability: ‘Does my child need help?’Educational psychologist William Wilkinson aims to take the mystique out of assessmentsTue Nov 18 2014 - 08:00
Oh, don’t worry about me: I like being bottom of the heapBut putting everybody else first all the time is not good for you, or your familyTue Nov 11 2014 - 01:00
Challenges of adoption past, present and futureRecords and assessments are on the agenda for the adoption authority’s new chief executive, Patricia CareyTue Nov 04 2014 - 01:00
Adoption body sees ‘glimmers of hope’ for prospective parentsAlthough progress has been made implementing the Hague Convention, international association says there is much yet to be doneTue Nov 04 2014 - 01:00
Child poverty: ‘This is about Government priorities’Experts warned that children were bearing the brunt of the crisis, so why did it take this week’s damning Unicef report for us to pay attention?Sat Nov 01 2014 - 01:00
A home of solace and opportunityFor many homeless people, being given a roof over their heads is only the start of the solutionTue Oct 28 2014 - 01:00
‘It was a big change from being homeless’Young mother sets her sights on a home of her ownTue Oct 28 2014 - 01:00
Tricks for managing the torrent of treatsParents are being urged to cut down on empty calories, but it’s not easy to break the habits of a little lifetimeTue Oct 21 2014 - 01:00
Healthy lifestyle ‘eye-opener’ gave family food for thoughtVictor Carswell learned many things on a 12-week course including how much sugar children’s drinks containTue Oct 21 2014 - 01:00
Playground attraction: the new generation of outdoor play areasPlaygrounds have popped up all over the country but what makes a good one?Tue Oct 14 2014 - 01:00
Tweens: on a wobbly bridge between childhood and adolescenceA marketing creation or an age group to be handled with particular care?Tue Oct 07 2014 - 01:00
Neighbourhood groups for parents of teens, why so few?Shankill cross-community group provides a focus for parental solidarity in dealing with specific issues of teensTue Oct 07 2014 - 01:00
The three degrees: ground rules and grandparentsThe ‘middle generation’ are gatekeepeers to a very special relationshipTue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00
‘‘It’s lovely to see them coming; it’s lovely to see them going home’From sugar pushing to keeping their mouths zipped, grandparents share their tipsTue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00
Online and in tune: teenagers lead the digital chargeParents urged to focus more on opportunities and less on risks for their children onlineTue Sept 23 2014 - 01:00
Website aims to bridge the technology gapA conference on this week will highlight the positive role the internet and social networks can play in supporting good mental healthTue Sept 23 2014 - 01:00
