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Starting school in pandemic times is different to the pre-Covid era. But while much has changed, lots of things have stayed the same.
Back to school: Everything you need to know

From starting primary to mobile phones, lunchbox wars, sleep and parents’ WhatsApp groups, Jen Hogan has advice and tips for every stage of school (...)

Evidence shows social media has resulted in an increase in body dissatisfaction, poor body image and disordered eating. Photograph: iStock
Social media’s ‘good food’ trap: ‘Being healthy is good. A fixation with being healthy is not’

Very often what we see online enhances a belief that we should do things a certain way and live our lives to an accepted standard. We scroll through t(...)

Children aged two to 18 should be doing 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity every day. Photograph: iStock
Eat, move, think: What you need to know about children’s health (9-12 years)

As children approach their teen years, socioeconomic differences in their health begin to take hold and become “entrenched at 13”, Dr Cathal McCrory, (...)

Fat chance. The reason so many of us fluctuate with our weight, or struggle to lose weight, is because diet programmes do not look deeper into the whys of our eating habits and weight gain
Why obesity is not a choice

Obesity is recognised as a major public health issue with Ireland having the highest rate of obesity in Europe. One in four Irish adults are obese wit(...)

The number of stay at-home-dads has been on the rise in recent years and yet our perception of men as the primary carer is a little further behind the times.
How we view stay-at-home dads needs to change

Choosing to become a stay-at-home parent comes with a mountain of variables, questions, attitudes and worries. These thoughts are a natural transgress(...)

Gabrielle Mongan (13), Whitechurch Boxing Club, represented Ireland in the 2019 European Schoolboy/girls Championships in Georgia. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Teach girls to box. Send boys to gymnastics

The success and excitement of the recent Fifa Women’s World Cup proved, if ever it was in doubt, that football is not just for boys and men. But thoug(...)

Research suggesting a sensitive and supportive father will raise children with better social skills.
What happens when fathers suffer postnatal depression?

Research, testing the stress and immune biomarkers in children and their mothers who suffer from depression, has highlighted maternal depression as an(...)

Jelly baby confectionary sweets in a row. One is red the others are yellow. The background is white. Individuality or discrimination concept.
‘I am convinced I will be caught out as a fraud and don’t deserve my accomplishments’

Sitting in a room with 250 other women, all of whom are embarking on careers, businesses and developing ideas they’re so eagerly passionate about shou(...)

Geraldine and Allegra Walsh: “Come mid-afternoon, after school, the kids have hit the proverbial wall. They’re tired, exhausted even.”
Coping with the after-school meltdown

If someone could please tell me where the kill switch is on my kid’s moods, that would be great. It would make Monday to Friday afternoons that little(...)

Generation Z have developed a fear of living offline having been bombarded from online worlds all their lives.
Pulling Generation Z back from the online world

Generation Z – those born after 1995 – have been born into a divisive world with a strong external presence weighing them down. While Millennials (19(...)