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A new Unicef report has found that Ireland has the fourth-highest teen suicide rate among the world’s high-income countries. Things are so bad, that the report grimly forecasts that one in 10,000 Irish kids between the ages of 15 and 19 will die by their own hand. I have two children who fall into that category; you may have a couple, and, indeed, virtually all of those children who will take...

We're always looking for ways to simplify the complicated things in our lives. This is certainly true when it comes to planning weddings. The information from this article will help you simplify the complexities of planning a wedding. The following wedding guidance can be used immediately to smooth the path. Do not forget to learn about how you will handle tax reporting for your business...

I was chatting to my dad a few weeks ago and he asked if I'd heard of these fidget things. "No," I said. "They're the new craze," said Dad. "As long as they aren't loom bands," said I. Most crazes pass my family by. Loom bands did not. The eldest daughter got drawn into the loom band scene. Brightly-coloured elastic bands became a thousand bracelets for her efficient, focused hands...

Brown color represents the cautious person’s personality, with a strong sense of self-worth, worry to much all the time. But those people are trusted person who can deal with and solve problem quickly even you might feel they are too cold or too cool to you. Blue color means rationality. Those people who prefer to blue color can be considered to be a rationality person who is not afraid when...

One minute they are this tiny helpless infant in your arms. The next, they are growing like a weed; learning, changing, developing, gaining more understanding of the world, and trying out new experiences. I’ll never forget the day my daughter went out for the day without me. She was four, and a neighbour was given free tickets to see Annie the musical, and asked Amelia to go with her. It started...

Laparoscopy can be done to treat a range of ailments. It is a surgical diagnostic process which is applied to find out problems in the organs inside the abdomen. This is one of the most used diagnostic procedures which is minimally invasive and have low risks. In today’s world, professional and experienced Ob-Gyns often apply this process to examine the abdominal organs of the patients to find...

Oh, why does getting children to go to sleep have to be so difficult? Why is it like pushing golden syrup up a hill, like surviving a zombie apocalypse? Or maybe it's just me and my spawn of the devil children? Maybe everyone's else kids are like the ones in the movies; sweetly lisping goodnight to their parents, and falling asleep instantly after a kiss on the forehead. But I have a...

What we keep hearing from day one is that humans are social beings that need interaction in order to live happy, fulfilled lives. While this statement is absolutely true and humans do have an inherent need to belong (to someone), what we rarely get to talk about is whether humans, i.e. the interaction with humans, is the only way to live a socially happy life or whether there are any other ways to...

There is an ad on the radio at the moment that I find myself identifying with a lot, lately. In it, a small child comes bounding into his parents’ bedroom on a weekend morning, gleefully reminding them that this is the day they promised to take him to the park. Mum and Dad groan and tell him to go and watch cartoons while they sleep off their hangovers (They don’t actually tell him that’s...

So it turns out that Ruby has hyper-mobility. This is something that I had never heard of until Ruby was diagnosed with it and yet, I found out that it’s something that I also have, although not to the same extent as Ruby. Someone who suffers from hyper-mobility is basically really flexible, there are differing degrees of it…Ruby is super flexible, like rubber. If you go to pick her up under...