Last week my children and I were in the local toy shop when my youngest son saw a classmate shopping for video games with his dad. The shop assistant drew the dad’s attention to the fact that his nine-year-old son was purchasing a game with a 16-year-old age rating. Dad nodded rather distractedly and mumbled…

A parent’s perspective

A magical sweet shop looms large in my childhood memory, stacked to the rafters with every imaginable confectionary delight. I returned to it recently with my own kids to introduce them to this earthly paradise, and was astonished to see that the shop also sold vegetables, washing-up liquid and other ordinary household items. Somehow, as…

Eimear Kiely describes her experience of a youth leadership programme in Limerick

A parent’s perspective