"When we have a fear we generally have three responses, we attempt to control the fear which leads to obsessive behaviours, we attempt to avoid the fear which leads to phobic behaviours or constantly search for reassurance which leads to further worried thoughts."

"What can we do, as parents, to help our children out of anxious, worrying thoughts?"

Norma Foley is bottom of the Junior Cert class

We need our youth to believe they can bring change to the world they live in. But we have to teach them that how they bring that change matters

Every fibre in your being wants to confront that bully and sort them out so they think twice about messing with your child

Happiness takes work, and thinking it's something that's easy is dangerous

Boundaries are a gift, you can have them without being a dictator

A family without rules, principles and values so quickly descends into an inverted hierarchy

It's a predicament that renders parents powerless and hopeless 

In my experience, people who have been coercively controlled can feel as if they are losing their minds