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
Afternoon angst: is homework really necessary?Forcing primary school children to do set homework does not improve academic outcomes and causes stress to both children and their parents, say educatorsThu Jun 06 2019 - 06:01
Helping children to cope with separation and griefThe Children’s Grief Centre helps young minds come to terms with loss, through death or parental separationWed May 29 2019 - 07:01
‘I rang them and said, my daughter is not dying, you’ve got the wrong child’After a brain tumour, Madeleine Chivers comes full circle with BarretstownTue May 21 2019 - 06:01
How families of Ireland’s sickest children can fall into a financial black holeOn top of grieving for the loss of a normal future for their seriously unwell child comes the financial pressureTue May 14 2019 - 06:01
‘After so many blanks, we had three children under one’‘We were desperate for a child – that’s what we wanted’Tue May 07 2019 - 05:01
Child homelessness: The worst thing I’ve ever seenThree frontline professionals give a glimpse of what they’re witnessingSat May 04 2019 - 06:00
How an Irish project to get kids more active is proving a hit abroadActive School Week celebrates moving for fun, and now schools abroad want a piece of the actionMon Apr 29 2019 - 06:01
Meningitis: ‘We lost her so quickly – in six hours she was gone’The parents of Aoibhe Carroll are campaigning to combat meningitis misconceptionsWed Apr 24 2019 - 17:30
Choc tactics: the link between scoffing Easter eggs and nest eggsA child’s self-control, or lack of it, has a life-long effect on their future health, wealth and happiness, new research findsTue Apr 16 2019 - 17:01
Clubs where teenagers discover ways to help themselvesForóige groups create powerful projects around eating disorders and mental healthThu Apr 04 2019 - 06:01
Mother-in-laws: can’t live with them, can’t . . .Mother-in-law bashing is a popular sport but she can be a huge support in a couple’s lifeWed Mar 27 2019 - 06:01
The ‘bad kid’ bares her soul to help teen girlsTammy Darcy’s life fell apart when she was 14. Now she’s passionate about supporting today’s ‘struggling’ teenage girls.Tue Mar 19 2019 - 17:01
Students learning that entrepreneurship is about more than businessJunior Achievement Ireland is one programme going into schools to teach life skillsWed Mar 13 2019 - 17:01
Change in behaviour behind ‘dramatic’ decline in child deaths on roadsFocus needed on specific measures to reduce number further after 80% drop in 20 yearsTue Mar 05 2019 - 07:01
Life after a brain tumour: ‘You think you will get back to normal – and you don’t’Michael Cronin’s family didn’t quite recognise him after his life-saving surgery at the age of 15Fri Mar 01 2019 - 06:10
After the trauma: ‘Don’t save me and leave me’Rehab is about empowering people; care is about doing for peopleFri Mar 01 2019 - 06:01
