CHILDREN given pocket money are less likely to save than those who work part-time, says the British Household Survey.

A fear of death and of parents dying is surprisingly common among four to eight-year-olds. 

After more than a week of divisive online debate about rape, Irish society needs to reflect on its relationship with social media, according to clinical psychotherapist Joanna Fortune.

Younger children just don’t understand why they need to hurry, says Helen O’Callaghan.

I WAS bitterly disappointed when I heard of the closure threat to the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency (NDVIA).

Helen O’Callaghan explores ruptures in child friendships.

One in five Irish children has been bullied online, according to research.

I ask my four-year-old for what seems like the hundredth time: ‘What’s the magic word?’. Shouldn’t she just know at this stage to say ‘please’ without prompting, I wonder.

IF the wind changes, your face will stay like that”, “carrots help you see in the dark”, ‘watching too much TV gives you square eyes”.

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

TUNING into your child’s aptitudes and individuality can be derailed by over-attention to what other parents are doing. 

IT’S quite common for children — when transitioning from pre-school to primary — to develop a really strong attachment to one friend.