It may appear tiny from the front, but this Ballsbridge cottage on the market for €750,000 is surprisingly spacious
It may appear tiny from the front, but this Ballsbridge cottage on the market for...

Megan Burns

How to give your home a wellness makeover (without spending a fortune)
How to give your home a wellness makeover (without spending a fortune)

Amanda Cassidy

Does disordered eating fuel our consumption of ‘What I Eat in a Day’ videos?
Does disordered eating fuel our consumption of ‘What I Eat in a Day’ videos?

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Irish designer Jonathan Anderson named among TIME’s people of the year
Irish designer Jonathan Anderson named among TIME’s people of the year

Sarah Gill

Do you know what the pill is actually doing to your body?
Do you know what the pill is actually doing to your body?

Sophie Morris

This Clontarf home has been transformed with a spacious extension full of delicately dappled light
This Clontarf home has been transformed with a spacious extension full of delicately dappled light

Megan Burns

New life has been breathed into this Victorian Portobello home thanks to a revamp that’s full of personality
New life has been breathed into this Victorian Portobello home thanks to a revamp that’s...

Megan Burns

Supper Club: Grilled Caesar salad with chickpea croutons
Supper Club: Grilled Caesar salad with chickpea croutons

Meg Walker

Outdoor table and chairs sets to order now for summer
Outdoor table and chairs sets to order now for summer

Megan Burns

The Bluey Effect: How a little cartoon dog made us feel a lot better
The Bluey Effect: How a little cartoon dog made us feel a lot better

Rebekah Rainey

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


by Amanda Cassidy
16th Oct 2023

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

Born cooked. That’s my mother’s way of describing how some children come into the world with strong personality traits that can only come from their ‘nature’. My daughter came out as the most independent little thing, my son was born a rogue, and my smallest veers towards the super sensitive. Their little personalities swirl and shape according to the world around them. Their traits enhanced or stunted depending on how we parent them, their environment...

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