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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

90s, nineties

AGENDA

From Spice Girls to The Den: An ode to growing up in 1990s Ireland

A poem dedicated to the wonder and joy of growing up in Ireland during the 1990s, by a…

By Geraldine Carton

SELF

My older brothers are my best friends. Here’s why…

My brothers taunted and cared for me in equal measure. There's a seven-year gap between the youngest and…

By Edaein OConnell

dyspraxia

SELF

‘How a diagnosis of dyspraxia changed my daughter’s life’

What if your child looked like any other, but had a host of coordination and behavioural issues that…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

The truth about motherhood: ‘I had to recalibrate myself from the care-free version of myself’

How you describe yourself pre- and post-baby might be different for everyone, but there is no doubt that…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

Simple hacks to make your morning routine with kids run smoother, according to mums

Who better to consult than mums who've been there, done that, ironed the Minecraft t-shirt? Amanda Cassidy discovers…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF, EDITORIAL

She’s not always the woman you’re born to: A love letter to my many mothers

Amanda Cassidy pays tribute to all the mother figures who have nurtured us along the way.I pull the…

By Amanda Cassidy

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Christmas memories: ‘I’m on a swimming horse. If you cut me open like a stick of rock, you would find this moment carved within me’

What is your most memorable childhood Christmas? Helen Seymour reminisces about finally being released from Christmas church duties…

By Helen Seymour

REAL-LIFE STORIES

‘We were told that our baby, who from the outside looked perfect, had a rare condition called PKU’

Have you ever heard of Phenylketonuria (PKU) - A rare metabolic condition diagnosed at birth affecting a person’s…

By Amanda Cassidy

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AGENDA

Jennette McCurdy is the newest in a long line of celebrities speaking out on the perils of childhood fame

In her newly released New York Times bestselling memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy details the…

By Sarah Gill

SELF

Want to keep your kids busy this Easter? We have the answer

Parents of the world: forget the iPads and scooters, Sylvanian families and even LEGO, because no modern toy…

By Geraldine Carton

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