Richard Hogan: How parents and students can survive Junior and Leaving Cert exam stress

It can be very challenging trying to support an exam-stressed child. So, here are a few tips...

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Today a record 136,160 students will sit their Leaving Certificate or Junior Certificate exam.

That’s a lot of families currently living with young adults who are in the middle of State exams. I remember my own home, many years ago, as I sat the Junior Cert (not a breeze of worry) and my brother (slightly more conscientious) was doing the Leaving Cert. How my mother survived!