Big Kids
Development
- How do I show positive attention?
- How do I teach my child how to get dressed?
- What are the best developmental toys for my five to eight year old?
- What can I do to ease my primary school child's fears?
- What can I do to help my child's development?
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- What do children learn from positive attention?
- What is positive attention?
Behaviour
- Children at school are always putting each other down. What can I do?
- How can I help my child make friends at school?
- How do I encourage honesty in my school child?
- How do I get my school child to do what I ask?
- How do I get my school-age child to stop swearing?
- How do I stop my little girl from pulling her hair out?
- I think my child might be a bully, what should I do?
- What can parents do to help their child overcome shyness?
- What do I do if my child who suffers from bed wetting has to go on a class trip?
- When do children start lying?
- Why is my child shy?
Common concerns
- How can I stop my little one from worrying?
- How do I deal with my five year olds temper tantrums?
- How do I handle conflict with my child?
- How do I teach my child to be less aggressive?
- What do I do about back talk?
- Why do siblings fight and what can I do to stop them?
- Why does my five year old child ignore me?
- Why is my five to eight year old child picking his nose?
- Why is my five year old being aggressive?
- Why is my primary school child talking back?
Health
- How can I encourage my child to be more active?
- How can I help my child who is overweight?
- How will the doctor determine whether my child is overweight?
- If my child is at risk of becoming overweight, what can I do about it?
- My child is lactose intolerant, what should I include in his diet?
- What suncream is suitable for my big kid?
Daily care
Illnesses & Conditions
- Antibiotics for my child's cold: Why doesn't the doctor prescribe them?
- How do I know if my child has a cold?
- How do I prevent my child getting norovirus (winter vomiting bug)?
- How does exercise help Attention deficit-Hyper Activity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms?
- What are the symptoms of norovirus?
- What can cause a fever?
- What is a fever?
- What is the treatment for Norovirus (Winter-vomiting bug)?
- What is the winter vomiting bug (Norovirus)?
- What should I do if my child has the winter vomiting bug? (Norovirus)
- When should I keep my child home sick from school?
- When should I take my child to the doctor if they have a cold?
Activities & Play
Play
Internet & TV
Reading
Nutrition
- Animal sources and plant sources of iron: What's the difference?
- Can my child get too much calcium?
- Can my child get too much iron?
- Fussy Eating: How can I get my picky eater to eat a wider range of foods?
- How can I ensure that my child avoids foods that are high in sugar and salt?
- How can I maximise my child's calcium intake?
- How can I persuade my child to eat more fruit and vegetables?
- How can I tell if my child is getting all the nutrients that he needs?
- How do I avoid the junk food trap?
- How do I keep my child a healthy weight?
- How many servings of bread, cereals and pasta does my child need every day?
- How many servings of dairy does my child need each day?
- How many servings of fruit and vegetables should big kids, tweens and teens get?
- How many servings of protein does my child need each day?
- How much fibre does my child need?
- How much iron does my child need?
- How much protein does my child need per day?
- Is it normal that my big kid doesn't seem to eat anything?
- My child is lactose intolerant, what should I include in his diet?
- My child refuses to eat meat. How can I ensure that he is getting enough protein?
- What are good sources of iron for my child?
- What are the best sources of calcium for my child?
- What foods are considered rich in antioxidants?
- What nutrients are found in whole-grains?
- What should I know about the food pyramid?
- Why are carbohydrates important for my child?
- Why are vitamins & minerals important for my child?
- Why are whole grains and cereals important for children?
- Why is breakfast important for my child?
- Why is breakfast so important for school children?
- Why is calcium important for children?
- Why is fat important for my child?
- Why is fibre important for family health?
- Why is iron so important for my child?
- Why is protein important for my child?
Healthy eating
- Do you have any quick and healthy snack ideas I can use for my child?
- How can I create a healthy lunchbox?
- How can I help my child who is overweight?
- How do I get more vegetables into my child's diet?
- How will the doctor determine whether my child is overweight?
- If my child is at risk of becoming overweight, what can I do about it?
- My child will not eat breakfast. What can I do?
Sleep
Sleep issues
Discipline
- Discipline: how can I make sure that I am being consistent?
- How can I discipline my child and teach her about safety?
- How do I apologise to my child without giving in?
- How do I get my school-age child to stop swearing?
- How do I handle conflict with my child?
- How do I teach discipline to my five year old?
- What do I do about back talk?
Safety
Communicating & Connecting
Sports
Exercise
Learning
- How can I encourage a love of reading in my child?
- How can I help my child develop good handwriting and spelling skills?
- How can I help my child learn about science?
- How can I help my five to eight year old to learn?
- How do I choose a musical instrument for my child?
- How do I encourage a reluctant reader, aged 5 - 8 to read?
- What are the benefits of reading aloud to my child?
- What are the best books for primary school children?
- What are the best websites for my primary school child?
- What are the best websites to help my child with reading?
- What are the best websites to help my child with spelling and writing?
- When will my child begin reading independently?
Eye centre
- Can my child wear contact lenses and play sport?
- How can I tell if my child is colour-blind?
- How can I treat a scratched cornea?
- How often should my child's eyes be checked?
- How old should my child be to wear contact lenses?
- How should I treat my child's black eye?
- Is it ok for my child to use the computer?
- Is it serious if my child gets a black eye?
- My child keeps breaking his glasses, what can I do to prevent this?
- Should my child wear sunglasses?
- What are the most common vision problems for children and teens?
- What kind of glasses should my child wear?
- What should a comprehensive eye exam consist of?
- What should I do if my child gets an eye injury?
- What should I do if my child gets something in his eye?
- What should I do if my child gets something poisonous in his eye?
- What should I do if my child's eye has been scratched, poked or hit?
- Why does my child need to go to the optometrist when they have their eyes checked in school?
Breakfast centre
- Animal sources and plant sources of iron: What's the difference?
- Are Irish Kids getting enough vitamins and minerals in their diets?
- Do you have any quick and healthy snack ideas I can use for my child?
- How can I maximise my child's calcium intake?
- How can I tell if my child is getting all the nutrients that he needs?
- How do I avoid the junk food trap?
- How many servings of bread, cereals and pasta does my child need every day?
- How many servings of fruit and vegetables should big kids, tweens and teens get?
- How much fibre does my child need?
- My child will not eat breakfast. What can I do?
- What are the best sources of calcium for my child?
- What nutrients are found in whole-grains?
- What should I know about the food pyramid?
- Why are carbohydrates important for my child?
- Why are vitamins & minerals important for my child?
- Why are whole grains and cereals important for children?
- Why is breakfast important for my child?
- Why is breakfast so important for school children?
Fever
- Are they ways to treat my child’s fever without using medication?
- Can a high fever cause brain damage?
- How do I know when a fever is serious?
- How should I treat my child's fever?
- Is it true that rubbing alcohol helps bring down a child's fever?
- Should I give my toddler a bath to lower his fever?
- What can cause a fever?
- What is a fever?
- What is Febrile Convulsion?
- What is fever?
- What's the best method of taking a child's temperature?
Vaccinations
Pain
Illnesses
Medicine
- Can I give adult medicine to my preschooler?
- Can I give over the counter medicine to my child?
- OTC cough medicine: is it safe?
- Pain remedies: is it safe to switch back and forth between ibuprofen and paracetamol?
- What's the difference between paracetamol and ibuprofen?
- When can I give my child aspirin, or medicine that contains aspirin?
- Which is better for my child’s temperature – ibuprofen or paracetamol?
Accident Zone
- Can I treat an eye injury myself?
- How can I tell if a burn is serious and needs medical care?
- How can I treat a minor burn?
- How do I know if my child has a broken bone
- How should I treat my child's black eye?
- How should you treat sun poisoning?
- If a child can bend her finger or toe, is it not broken?
- Is it serious if my child gets a black eye?
- Pain remedies: is it safe to switch back and forth between ibuprofen and paracetamol?
- Should I let my child fall asleep when she's had a serious fall?
- What do I do if my child dislocates their shoulder?
- What emergency numbers should I keep near the phone?
- What is the best way to treat my child's cut or scrape?
- What should I do if my child gets an electric shock?
- What should I do if my child gets an eye injury?
- What should I do if my child gets burned?
- What should I do if my child gets something poisonous in his eye?
- What should I do if my child takes medication that's not for them?
- When does a cut need stitches?
- When should I call a doctor for a wound?
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