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The importance of early intervention for children with learning difficulties

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The beginning of a new school year is an exciting time for many children. However, for children who face learning difficulties, this time of year can present a unique set of challenges that may overshadow that excitement.

Dim the lights and have a stretch - create the perfect bedtime routine

Forming a healthy wind-down routine by reducing both physical and mental stimulation before bed can aid a good night’s sleep.

Connection, compassion and adventure in Finding Victoria

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Parenting small children can be challenging at the best of times. There are hundreds of books out there listing things for parents to do, but what happens when you’re in the real world, and things don’t go as planned?

A story of two fathers and two children

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The final chapter in the history of Shakespeare and Company, the famous Paris bookshop, began with the publication of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, in May 1939. The shop closed in December 1941 when a Nazi officer saw a copy of Joyce’s book in its window and asked to buy it. Sylvia Beach refused saying it was her only copy, and was not for sale. The officer threatened to return and confiscate her entire stock, and left. He returned the next day and demanded she sold him the book. Again Sylvia refused, and the officer, ‘trembling with rage’ warned that he would be back that afternoon and seize all her books.

ALONE calls for increased payment and extension of fuel allowance this winter

ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, has called on government to extend the Fuel Allowance season to 32-weeks and increase the payment by €4 per week.

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Crowe calls for parental leave for parents who suffer miscarriage

Crowe calls for parental leave for parents who suffer miscarriage

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Senator Ollie Crowe has this week called for the Government to introduce parental leave for parents who suffer a miscarriage before the 24th week of pregnancy.

Household chores can burn staggering number of calories

If you are running a busy household you will know that a daily gym session can often drop to the bottom of the priority list.

Parents spending significant finance during baby’s first year

The BabyDoc Club parenting community reveal the real cost of baby, with the first in-depth survey of its kind in Ireland.

Parenting resilient minds

Mental health problems affect about one in five children and young people. They include depression, anxiety, and conduct disorders, and are often a direct response to what is happening in their lives (Mental Health Ireland). According to the World Health Organisation around 50 per cent of mental disorders begin before the age of 14. Parents have begun to figure this part out themselves. They can unfortunately name on one hand children who needed some form of expert support for their emotional and mental wellbeing in the past 12 months. Parents are more than aware of the daily stories on all media forms of anxious children, crying spells, teenagers suffering migraine, school refusal, depression, bullying, missing youths, self-harming, suicides, violence, poor self-image, eating disorders, and so on.

 

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