School Days
Homework & Learning
- How can I best prepare my child for success at school?
- How can I encourage my teenager to study?
- How do I make sure that my child is studying at the computer and not just socialising?
- How will Transition Year benefit my child?
- My child hates homework, it's a constant battle. How can I make it fun for him?
- What are the best educational websites for kids?
Gifted Children
Maths
- How can I help my child understand geometry?
- How can I make maths a part of everyday life?
- How do I help my child to understand measurements?
- How do I help my child to understand numbers?
- How will my child learn maths?
- What app can help with Maths?
- What are the best websites to help my child with maths?
- What tips can I use to help my child be positive about maths?
- Why is it important for my child to learn maths?
Science
Reading
- How can I encourage a love of reading in my child?
- How can I help my dyslexic child develop their reading skills?
- How do I choose the best books for my child?
- How do I encourage a reluctant reader, aged 5 - 8 to read?
- How do I encourage my child to read?
- How do I raise a bookworm?
- What are the benefits of reading aloud to my child?
- What are the best books for primary school children?
- What are the best second hand book stores?
- What are the best websites to help my child with reading?
- When will my child begin reading independently?
Writing
Spelling
Learning Difficulties & Special Needs
- How do I choose a school for my special needs child?
- My child receives extra help in primary school. What should I look for in a secondary school?
- What assistance is my child with learning difficulties entitled to in secondary school?
- What if my child with learning disabilities doesn't get the necessary help in secondary school?
- What's the difference between being a slow learner and having a learning difficulty?
Dyslexia
ADHD
School Supplies
After School Activities
- How do I choose a musical instrument for my child?
- How do I encourage my child to be active?
- How does dance help my child's development?
- How does playing sports help my child?
- My child doesn't like sports, what should I do?
- Should my child play sports?
- What sports are popular for children?
- When can my child start music lessons?
Behaviour & Development
- How do I talk to my child about the birds and the bees?
- How can I help my child from bed-wetting?
- How can I help my child overcome her fears?
- 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?
- My child is starting to become dishonest. How do I handle the problem?
- My two kids are always competing with each other. Should I be worried?
- What causes bed-wetting?
- What do I do if my child who suffers from bed wetting has to go on a class trip?
- When do children start lying?
- When should I begin preparing my daughter for getting her first period?
- Why do school children lie?
- Why does my school-age child swear?
- Why is my child shy?
- Why is my primary school child talking back?
Breakfast
- How can I encourage my child to eat breakfast?
- How can I tempt my fussy child to eat a healthy breakfast?
- How many servings of bread, cereals and pasta does my child need every day?
- My child will not eat breakfast. What can I do?
- What are the best sources of calcium for my child?
- Why is breakfast so important for school children?
Lunch
Nutrition guide
- Can nutrition affect my teen's eyes?
- 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 do I get iron into my child's diet?
- How do I get more vegetables into my child's diet?
- How do I get my fussy eater to eat her food?
- How much fibre does my child need?
- My child is lactose intolerant, what should I include in his diet?
- What are the best foods to eat before an exam?
- What nutrients are found in whole-grains?
- What products and ingredients should I stock up on for my child?
- Why are vitamins & minerals important for my child?
- Why are whole grains and cereals important for children?
- Why is fibre important for family health?
- Why is protein important for my child?
Bullying
- Bullying: What can you expect from the school?
- How can I help my child make friends at school?
- How do bullies choose their victims?
- How do I deal with abusive text messages?
- How do I know if my child is being bullied?
- How do I speak to my child about bullying?
- I think my child might be a bully, what should I do?
- What are the differences between teasing and bullying?
- What can I do if my child is being bullied?
- What can I do to prevent my child from being bullied?
- What happens if a school doesn't respond to a complaint of bullying?
- What is cyber bullying and how do I deal with it?
- What makes a bully?
- What to do when your child is being teased?
Friendships
- How can I best prepare my child for success at school?
- How can I help my child make friends at school?
- How can I help my teen solve her friendship problems?
- How do I help my child make the transition easier when moving school?
- How do I make sure to throw a good slumber party?
- My daughter wasn't invited to a classmate's birthday party and everyone else was. What should I do?
- Should I get to know my child's friends parents?
- What can parents do to help their child overcome shyness?
- What to do when your child is being teased?
- Why is my child shy?
Illness & health
- Antibiotics for my child's cold: Why doesn't the doctor prescribe them?
- Can I give over the counter medicine to my child?
- How do I know if my child has a cold?
- How do I know when a fever is serious?
- How do I prevent my child getting norovirus (winter vomiting bug)?
- How do I treat my child's cold?
- What are the symptoms of norovirus?
- What if my child is afraid of the dentist?
- 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)
- What to do if your child's cold symptoms get worse?
- When should I keep my child home sick from school?
- When should I take my child to the doctor if they have a cold?
- Why does my child seem to constantly have a cold?
- Why is so important to take care of baby teeth?
Headlice
Back to School
Communion & Confirmation
- How can I cater a communion or confirmation party at home?
- How do I keep the cost of my child's first communion down?
- How do I prepare a party for my child's first communion?
- What is a traditional gift for First Holy Communion?
- Where can I find a communion dress that is both stylish and affordable?
- Where can I get a great Communion dress?
Internet & Technology
Internet
Secondary school
Learning Difficulties & Special Needs
- How do I help my teenager with ADHD or ADD follow rules and avoid behaviour problems?
- I think my child may be dyslexic. What signs should I look out for?
- My child receives extra help in primary school. What should I look for in a secondary school?
- What assistance is my child with learning difficulties entitled to in secondary school?
- What if my child with learning disabilities doesn't get the necessary help in secondary school?
Study & exams
Teen life
Eye centre
- Can my child wear contact lenses and play sport?
- How can I treat a scratched cornea?
- How do I ensure that my teen's eyes are safe while playing sports?
- How often should my child's eyes be checked?
- How old should my child be to wear contact lenses?
- My child keeps breaking his glasses, what can I do to prevent this?
- Should my child wear sunglasses?
- What are the different types of contact lenses?
- What kind of glasses should my child wear?
- What should I do if my child gets an eye injury?
- What should I do if my child gets something in his eye?
- 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?
- 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 ensure that my tween gets her five a day?
- 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 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 foods are considered rich in antioxidants?
- What nutrients are found in whole-grains?
- What products and ingredients should I stock up on for my child?
- 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 so important for school children?
Toddlers
Preschoolers
- How can I encourage a love of reading in my child?
- How can I make my child have more fun reading?
- How can I save on children's books?
- How do I choose the best books for my child?
- Should I be worried that my 4 year old has not started reading?
- What are the benefits of reading aloud to my child?
- When will my child begin reading independently?
Big kids
Tweens
Fever
Pain
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?
- When can I give my child aspirin, or medicine that contains aspirin?
- Which is better for my child’s temperature – ibuprofen or paracetamol?
Vaccinations
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