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Chip off the old block: Would my kids play with my childhood Lego?
6+ hour, 42+ min ago (1376+ words) Simon Tierney playing with his 35-year-old Lego with his daughters, Daniela, 4, and the Giovanna, 6. 'It is completely immaterial to them that it was made decades before they ever existed. All that matters is that it's fun.' AS FANS of the…...
Aoife Hearne: My Leaving Cert child is picking at his food and not eating meals
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (466+ words) An approach that might work is to go buffet-style. Set up a study snack station, keeping the food visible and easy to grab. Picture: i Stock" Aoife Hearne is a CORU-registered dietitian and the founder of Nutrition Solutions. She is…...
Joanna Fortune: My child is struggling to get over the death of our family dog
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (526+ words) Grief is not just something we experience emotionally; we feel it in our bodies, too. That is why she is weepy and her appetite is disrupted. Picture: i Stock Dr Joanna Fortune is a psychotherapist working with children, teens, and…...
Colman Noctor: You cannot make your child study by pushing them
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (1066+ words) Teenagers often lack the maturity to plan ahead and foresee consequences, but most reach their destination in their own time. Picture: i Stock Dr Colman Noctor is a child and adolescent psychotherapist, a senior mental health lecturer at SETU Waterford,…...
My childhood with Laura Fox: 'I didn't have an ounce of shyness in me growing up"
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (972+ words) Laura Fox at the launch of the 2026 Kellogg's GAA C'l Camps. LAURA Fox spoke to the Irish Examiner just days after marrying her husband Brian Moran in an intimate wedding ceremony in Dublin City Hall. What had initially been planned…...
Julie Jay: My son has discovered magic " all thoughts and prayers appreciated
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (869+ words) Julie Jay is a stand-up comedian and host of the podcast "Venting." She currently lives in West Kerry with her husband and two children When I was growing up in the 1980s, it was not uncommon for parents to make early…...
Colman Noctor: Our casual discrimination against teens has real consequences
3+ week ago (1238+ words) Most teenagers do not cause trouble. They are navigating a complicated world, trying to find a place where they are welcomed and belong. Dr Colman Noctor is a child and adolescent psychotherapist, a senior mental health lecturer at SETU Waterford,…...
My Childhood with Neil Delamere: Our back garden was the closest we had to Croke Park
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (820+ words) Neil Delamere: 'Lots of people assume I grew up being the class clown, but I was shy of drawing attention to myself.' Comedian Neil Delamere recently found one of his old school reports from fifth class. He chuckles as he…...
Julie Jay: Losing my cool over C'l Camp summer places
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (906+ words) Julie Jay is a stand-up comedian and host of the podcast "Venting." She currently lives in West Kerry with her husband and two children AS I SCROLLED through the various C'l Camp locations, my heart filled with dread. Still spaces…...
Laura Lynn: They're totally there for Kate, and for us as a family
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (1216+ words) Sharon Lehane with her 14-year-old daughter Kate, who receives support from Laura Lynn Children's Hospice, at their home in Cobh. Picture: Chani Anderson In D'n Laoghaire a couple of weekends ago, mum of four Sharon Lehane and her husband, Niall,…...