Jolanta Burke
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So you want your child to be kind . . . 13 things to consider
- Parenting
- December 8, 2020, 06:01
As with most aspects of parenting, the example you set is likely to be the biggest factor in raising a kind-hearted child. Long before babies can talk(...)

There’s nothing ‘soft’ about being kind – it boosts a child’s wellbeing for life
- Parenting
- December 8, 2020, 06:01
A kind thought that has rippled out into an award-winning movement of kindness through the Co Meath village of Ratoath all started with one little gir(...)

Coronavirus: Primary school measures are reinforcing inequality, report says
- Education
- April 6, 2020, 03:05
The coronavirus pandemic is reshaping primary school education, but the impact of the changes is reinforcing social inequalities, according to an emer(...)

Don’t refer to them as ‘the ‘Polish child’ or ‘the Chinese child’ – learn their name and use it
- Parenting
- January 21, 2020, 06:01
Every time Jolanta Burke, a Polish-born, assistant professor at Maynooth University’s Department of Education, is asked where she’s from, “I die insid(...)

Making ‘outsiders’ feel at home is child’s play
- Parenting
- January 21, 2020, 06:01
“It is a brand new time. . . We say let it grow”: more than 50 children in third class at a Kildare primary school belt out their version of the song (...)

New study reveals ‘killjoy’ impact of progressing through secondary school
- Parenting
- June 11, 2019, 06:01
The wellbeing of Irish secondary school students decreases steadily from first year through to sixth, with girls suffering more of a decline than boys(...)

Pack your bags to give children ‘happiness anchors’
- Parenting
- April 25, 2017, 06:00
When one of my teenage sons started rhapsodising at the dinner table one dark winter’s evening about how that summer’s holiday had been “one of the be(...)

Moderate adversity can make you a happier person
- Health & Family
- June 26, 2016, 20:00
School’s out and, for some, leaving school behind also means leaving bullying behind. They carry the scars – but it’s not all bad news. As you might e(...)

‘We’ll fix it’ parents do their children no favours
- Parenting
- February 17, 2015, 06:00
We all want our children to be happy and the temptation, in this era of “over-parenting”, is to rush in to try to fix their problems. A child down (...)