Keeping lid on interruptions

Helen O’Callaghan says there are techniques to teach children. 

CHANCES are you’ve been spending a lot of time with your young children over the holidays and it’s really struck you how prone they are to interrupting your conversations.

If they’re under two, you might as well resign yourself to being interrupted, says psychologist Niamh Hannan (www.mindworks.ie), but if your pre-schooler is between three and five you can begin to make some impression on their interruptions.