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‘My 11-year-old son says he has ‘bad thoughts’ in his head that he can’t control’

‘When your child is in treatment you become ‘the parent of...’ You are no longer yourself’

‘It was amazing. I don’t think Saoibh would have recovered as quick’: The therapy helping children heal

All I want for Christmas is to pretend we’re more like the Waltons than the Addams family

‘A lot of our Christmas volunteers have been through really difficult periods and want to pay it forward’

Masters of maternity hospitals criticise move to end private care of pregnant women

How do I spot if my child has . . . an eating disorder?

‘I kind of fixated on people who I thought were slimmer than me’

‘My 12-year-old son is struggling in secondary school’

The surrogates forced to raise the children themselves

Eco-friendly toys: Wood, recycled, secondhand, rent – what are the sustainable alternatives?

Hints of much worse to come as Strep A and RSV hit children and flu cases start to rise

Teenage mental health care: ‘Services in Ireland are so outdated and fragmented’

Moving house is notoriously stressful – try attempting it with two children who never stop moving

‘The negative experience that single parents can have on dating apps is seeing kids referred to as baggage’

Small gifts for the loved ones in our lives who are impossible to buy for at Christmas

People make allowances for fussy eating when you’re a child. It’s much more problematic when you’re an adult

RSV: How to spot if your child has it and what to do if they do have it

‘My three-year-old son is constantly hitting his younger brother’

‘These patients literally die because of the lack of proper services’

Nine-year-olds live ‘very gendered’ lives as girls read more but play less sport

Jen Hogan: Your beautiful babies will grow up. Where does that leave you?

The life of a nine-year-old Irish child: fewer hobbies, reads less, owns a mobile phone

Three winter warmer flask fillers the entire family will love

Eight things to know when talking to teenagers about relationships and sexuality

Vicky Phelan: Even heroes need to rest

‘How can I help my teenage daughter accept that having a chronic illness is part of her life?’

I’ve been watching TV shows set in New York to get ready for our move to the Big Apple

Three Kevins and four funerals: ‘One death after another, after another, after another’

I went on a trip down memory lane with one of my kids. The fallout was unlike anything I’d expected

Dementia Diary: We used to gossip about the family. But Mum remembers nobody, all the juicy bits squeezed dry

Teenagers talk porn: ‘Whoever’s got a smart phone watches it. It’s free. It’s everywhere’

30-minute family meals to take the stress and strain out of cooking

Insufficient number of potential carers a ‘wake-up call’ for the future of fostering

Fostering: ‘I realised we had the space in our home and in our hearts, as well as in our lives’

‘How can I respond maturely to my seven-year-old daughter’s fussiness and controlling nature?’

18 spooktacular things to keep your little monsters busy over midterm

‘People think people with ADHD don’t pay attention. That’s not true. We’re paying attention to everything’

Charity for volunteers providing playtime for children in hospitals loses Government funding

‘The consultant nearly fell through the floor — she had never heard the child’s voice’

Ask The Expert: Send your parenting questions anonymously

‘Don’t call your baby that. My ex-husband was called that, and he was a proper b******’

Halloween events: 20 things for culture vultures to do over the midterm

Parents urged to ‘take back control’ as children spend time on digital devices

‘Lots of children with ADHD are incredibly creative, but they get perceived as very bold’

‘My son rarely speaks and never cries at creche’

Co-parenting: ‘We always put our children’s needs before our own, so we could see the bigger picture’

Think parenting is a breeze? Try getting a teenager to put on a coat before he heads into the cold with his friends

Birth trauma: ‘I spent nine months terrified, anxious and a shell of the person I once was’

How could I tell my parents we were taking our children to another continent?

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