Making fit kids: Back at the school desks, and back in actionWhat can be done to help youngsters get at least an hour’s exercise every day?Tue Sept 01 2015 - 00:00
As a parent under pressure – who are you gonna call?Meet the volunteers at the other end of Parentline helping fellow parents to help themselvesTue Aug 25 2015 - 01:00
The teenagers who find advantages in disadvantageLong school holidays can exacerbate the social divide but Future Voices is mentoring disadvantaged young people to make the most of lifeTue Aug 18 2015 - 06:00
A champion in the children’s cornerThe Ombudsman for 1.2 million children, Dr Niall Muldoon, talks about his pride in today’s youngsters and his fears about the ‘invisible homeless’Tue Aug 11 2015 - 01:00
Making gains: The problem with protein: bigger, bulkier, but not a magic bulletFor teenage rugby and GAA players, bigger is better – and that means the potentially dangerous world of supplementsTue Jul 28 2015 - 01:00
Play’s the thing: what mums and dads do differentlyNew research in TCD lab focuses on how parents, babies and toddlers interactTue Jul 21 2015 - 06:00
Summer events for eco-friendly childrenAcross Ireland there are camps, activities and events to bring nature closer to homeTue Jul 14 2015 - 08:00
Why our elders are becoming environmental activistsGrandparents for a Safe Earth aims to protect the planet for future generationsTue Jul 14 2015 - 01:00
Bringing children’s cancer fears into the openThe Climb programme helps children to deal with feelings and enhances communicationTue Jul 07 2015 - 09:30
Big school, small children: what a difference a year makesWhether starting school or going to senior infants, this is a daunting time for you and your kidsTue Jun 30 2015 - 08:00
‘The man in the Government is messing’: Political excuses on special needs don’t wash with childrenThe free preschool is for every child, so why is there a lack of support for those with special needs?Tue Jun 23 2015 - 01:00
Berkeley tragedy: 'Try not to feed your anxiety as a parent'Expert advises on how parents with children travelling abroad can manage their fearsThu Jun 18 2015 - 01:00
Snapshots of family holidays that no one shares‘Getting away from it it all’ can make or break relationshipsTue Jun 16 2015 - 05:00
‘I was advising a woman with five kids about budgeting. What she needed was a f***ing washing machine for cloth nappies’Less advice and more action are needed to support familes in their homes and keep children out of social servicesTue Jun 09 2015 - 08:00
Supporting vulnerable parents: ‘By focusing on the child, you can engage the most high-risk and vulnerable people’A reduction in the number of referrals of children for speech and language therapy is among the positive spin-offs of one home-based parenting support programmeTue Jun 09 2015 - 08:00
How creeping and crawling influence children’s first step in education‘Grey-area’ children, who are not physically developed, may underperform in the classroomTue Jun 02 2015 - 10:00
Au pairs: ‘The value people are willing to pay for an hour of childcare is €3 and not €8.65’Au pairs are increasingly used as domestic workers – the only difference is the cost, says campaigner for migrant rightsTue May 26 2015 - 08:00
Au pairs: cheap childcare or a helping hand?Is it a ‘win-win’, or are families exploiting au pairs for cheap childcare?Tue May 26 2015 - 01:00
Parenting: ‘Miss, I forgot my PE gear. Again’How to find the right physical activity for a reluctant participantTue May 19 2015 - 11:00
Parenting through addiction: Breaking the generational cyclePregnancy can make or break the generational cycle of drug addictionTue May 12 2015 - 08:00
Parenting through addiction: ‘It strips you as a mother but builds you back up’Parenting programme for high-risk families helps to turn lives aroundTue May 12 2015 - 08:00
Parenting: The baby gear you didn’t know you didn’t needSome parents spend more than €15,000 on a baby, but much of this outlay is avoidableMon May 04 2015 - 01:00
Fostering in Ireland: who are the carers?The assessment and training of prospective foster carers is a necessarily intrusive process, which can take about six months from initial application to approvalTue Apr 28 2015 - 08:00
Fostering: ‘Hard work, heartache and the highest of highs’New carers are always needed for the challenging job of giving somebody else’s child a homeTue Apr 28 2015 - 06:00
Autism and exercise on a level playing pitchParent-led movement breaking down barriers to social and sports activitiesTue Apr 21 2015 - 06:00
Births of the nation: women's experiences of childbirth in IrelandSurvey shows care rated highly but ‘worryingly’ high levels of patients feel they are not listened toTue Apr 14 2015 - 15:00
Eat your greens, kids. But first, grow themGardening with children generates empathy and healthier eatingTue Apr 07 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
Putting the ‘happy’ into family partiesKeep it simple and don’t let stress snuff out the enjoymentTue 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
