You’ve told your children there is going to be ramifications for the behaviour they displayed in public and now you’re home and it’s time to implement those promises…
My 16-year-old daughter has been dating her boyfriend for four months. She was always such a bubbly, outgoing girl, but she has changed and I am very concerned…
ONE of the most striking aspects I’ve noticed about working with teenagers in schools over the last 18 years is the sheer level of determination and commitment to…
In last weeks article I discussed how The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently classified online gaming as a new mental health condition. For all of us working in…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently recognised a new kind of mental health condition. For many parents and psychotherapists alike it will be a familiar aliment, one…
Now that the Leaving Certificate has ended and all that exam stress has dissipated and the house has returned to some semblance of normality, parents can finally start…
I have only recently realised how spoilt my child is. Last week, my five-year-old son caused such a scene in our local shopping centre, because we didn’t buy…
It’s about refusing to allow your dreams to destroy you, writes Richard Hogan So, my time in the Philippines has come to an end. After all the long goodbyes,…
There are many names for the sea gypsies of the southern island of Davao in the Philippines: Badjao, Samal Badjau, or Bayao to mention but a few, writes…
The terrible crimes that shook this country over the last number of weeks left all of us feeling a little numb and confused. Anastasia Kriegal’s murder at the…