Labour figures have backed acting minister Brendan Howlin to take over the leadership as recriminations break out over mismanagement of the party’s election campaign.

Helen O’Callaghan looks at research on child party pressure.

Child and adolescent psychotherapist Joanna Fortune visits schools around Ireland, and many of the teenage girls she meets level blame on a rape victim if they have consumed alcohol.

Irish charity, To Children With Love, has reunited two Russian orphans with their grandmother, 15 years after their adoption to America.

Parents aren’t doing their kids any favours by keeping them by their side 24/7 and instead need to teach them how to stay safe while exploring the great outdoors, writes Andrea Mara.

Young adults are confusing consenting to a sexual act with relenting to pressure to do something, says child and adolescent psychotherapist, Joanna Fortune.

Children think their parents are bullet-proof, so illness or injury in mum or dad can threaten their sense of safety.

On International Women’s Day, Joyce Fegan a bride-to-be, has had it with a world where women relish sneering at other women because of their appearance.

Helen O’Callaghan hears kids wanting to be a baddie is good.

After going ’off grid’ for a week while on holiday, a re-energised Joyce Fegan asks why we need to be online all the time.

ASK your child ‘how was your day?’ and it’s likely you’ll get a one word answer like ‘fine’.

Helen O’Callaghan on ways of surviving the summer holidays.

Arlene Harris talks to mums about the challenges and joys of rearing a large family

Slapping children is linked to poor outcomes for them in later life including suicide attempts, heavy drinking and drug use.

Helen O’Callaghan says a viral video of a dad interacting with his baby shows how mirroring behaviour is key for a child’s development.

Sex education in our schools is being overhauled — and not before time — pupils, parents, and teachers tell Joyce Fegan

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