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How to help your child when making friends

December 12, 2011

However sociable your child seems to be, helping them make friends from toddlerhood onwards will require a whole new set of parenting skills. HILARY PEREIRA shows you how to acquire these skills in six easy steps. Your child may be used to being handed around to friends and family, and may coo and gurgle along [...]

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The future looks bright

July 1, 2011
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A recent study on family life in Ireland found that, despite the economic gloom, the future is bright for children growing up in Ireland. ARLENE HARRIS reports on the key findings. Being a parent in modern Ireland can be stressful, but despite the anxiety caused by financial problems, lack of social life and trying to [...]

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The tooth of the matter

June 23, 2011
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TRACEY LATTIMORE tells you what to expect and shows you how to ease your little one’s discomfort. Every milestone your little one achieves is so exciting –whether it’s her first smile, her first giggle or the first time she sits up by herself. But seeing that first tooth finally emerge really does signal the beginning [...]

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Do the first three years shape our lives?

April 20, 2011
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Research suggests that the first three years of a baby’s life is critical to their development. However there is no need to panic, says ELEANOR FITZSIMONS. Love, security and helping them acquire basic skills will see them right. We’ve all heard the term ‘our formative years’ but do these really exist? How important are the [...]

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Child’s play

April 7, 2011
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You would be forgiven for thinking that play is purely for fun, but it’s also essential to your child’s development. ALANA KIRK-GILLHAM shows you how to stimulate learning and development in your baby by spending some quality bonding time together. Most of us could be excused for thinking that, since babies initially seem to just [...]

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