I know we have to forget stuff. Biologically speaking, we need to put some experiences away.

We’ve all been guilty of telling a fib or two but some people don’t know how to make a lie sound plausible.

With the sixth Dublin Kite festival proving a big success at the weekend, we remember a simpler time when our whole world was based around the toys we loved.

From lace doilies to having to take your shoes off before entering the house, growing up we all compared how other households were different to ours.

From the ‘merries’ to the ice cream van, Ciara McDonnell meets the people keeping our Irish childhood summer memories and traditions alive.

Is childhood a thing of the past? Seems so, when the Children’s Rights Alliance is in favour of the Government’s decision to set the so-called digital age of consent at “the lowest age possible” which in this case is 13 years.

Every child born here on November 10, 2012, was born full of potential but about 30 of them will an entire lifetime where discrimination will be the thing they’re guaranteed, writes Fergus Finlay

Most of my childhood photos are of me lying unconscious in the most unlikely of places, mouth agape, drooling unattractively, writes Louise O’Neill.

Children are often more likely to open up about what’s going on for them when they’re standing beside you setting the table or you’re sitting side by side in the car, reveals Helen O’Callaghan. 

Over 8,000 calls have been made to an abuse counselling service this year - an increase of 4%.

An early childhood education conference has heard about the importance of outdoor play.

Comedy superstar Michael McIntyre has spoken of his insular nature as a child and admitted his habit of constantly talking to himself was an omen of his future in show business.

Children with special educational needs are significantly more negative about themselves than their peers, according to new research.

More than 30 organisations say the focus for investment in children should realign from crisis-driven interventions to prevention.