raising children

Two young girls hugging

SELF

The surprisingly easy way to build your child’s emotional intelligence

Amanda Cassidy on the power of play and why we need to stop being over-protective party poopers. “No wrestling…

By Amanda Cassidy

Sponsored

SELF

Simple ways to nurture your children’s minds (and your own)

There are proven ways to foster an overall sense of wellbeing in children, writes clinical psychologist, parenting coach…

By Julie Meehan

SELF

How should we speak to teens about consent?

To help young people to understand consent, we need to start with teaching them empathy and commit to…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

Child-friendly design ideas to make your little one’s morning routine easier

Establishing routine is difficult for everyone, children and adults alike, but with some smart tweaks, you can create…

By IMAGE Interiors & Living

premium

PARENTHOOD

‘Fall seven times, stand up eight’: Here’s how to raise confident, resilient children

We need to raise more risk-takers and adventurers, so how is disaster hyperbole and overprotectiveness affecting children, asks…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

Meet generation sandwich: middle-aged folks with ageing parents and not-quite-grown children to care for

There’s a growing number of middle-aged folks with ageing, ailing parents as well as children all vying for…

By IMAGE

quarantine childhood

PARENTHOOD

A quarantined childhood: Four mums on how their little ones have coped through 2020

We spoke to four mothers with children aged 10 months to 13 years old about how living in…

By Lauren Heskin

LIVING

Six tips for kid-friendly design in your home from a couple who’ve been there

Creating a home that allows your family to grow and change is one of the primary principles of…

By Lauren Heskin

SELF

Giving Baby Boxes to all new parents will give Irish children a fair start

Neale Richmond is a Fine Gael TD for the Dublin Rathdown Constituency. He is campaigning to level the…

By IMAGE

EDITORIAL

Dad tales: ‘Apparently my 18-month-old daughter should be a genius by now’

Laurence Mackin has developed a new source of parenting anxiety after discovering a language known as 'parentese' Having…

By Laurence Mackin

New dad

EDITORIAL

Dad tales: ‘My wife and I are competing for our daughter’s affection’

Laurence Mackin would do anything for a hug from his daughter. The trouble is that his wife would…

By Laurence Mackin

growing vegetables with kids

EDITORIAL

Lilly Higgins: ‘The best thing for picky eaters is for them to start growing stuff themselves’

Chef Lilly Higgins talks to us about why growing fruit and vegetables with kids can have such a…

By Megan Burns