The Equality Tribunal has ordered the Department of Defence to pay €40,000 to one of its employees for victimisation.

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

YOUR child was expecting a sibling and now it’s not going to happen. Approximately 80% of miscarriages happen in early pregnancy but later miscarriages do occur, after the 12-week mark.

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

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

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

Four or five is early enough to start birthday parties — any younger and it’s a party for grown-ups.

WHINING — it’s one of the childhood behaviours most likely to set a parent’s teeth on edge.

SCHOOL holidays: season of Gaeltacht trips and summer camps — and homesickness.

RECENT British research found one-third of parents have fallen out with a friend after rowing about their children.