Sometimes people distance themselves or their children from a family member, not as an overreaction, but as an essential protective measure.

The discussion prompted by the now withdrawn video from the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre led Colman Noctor to consider an uncomfortable question. 

Sometimes, we're not so much trying to be the best parent in the room as we are terrified of seeming like the worst.

We routinely do things today that would have seemed extraordinary 20 years ago, including tracking our children, but is this healthy?

We have been discussing a deterioration in young people’s mental health for some time, and I have started to view what is happening from a different perspective, says Colman Noctor. 

One paradox of loneliness is that those who need social opportunities most often find it hardest to create them.

Children don’t necessarily need to experience physical activity as exercise for it to benefit them. Indeed, for some, the less we label it as exercise, the more likely they may be to do it.

Parenting a child with a busy social life might feel like running an unpaid taxi service, but it brings the rewarding realisation that your child is well-liked.

Katie Taylor brought an extraordinary career to a momentous close in Croke Park on Saturday night

There is a difference between occasionally experiencing disappointment when you are old enough to understand it and being repeatedly told you aren’t good enough at a very young age.