VINCENT TABAK claims it was “pure chance” that he strangled Joanna Yeates, a court has heard.

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

Helen O’Callaghan talks to a psychologist who says we need to revolutionise the way we parent.

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

Things We Didn’t See Coming

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.