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# childhood - Today’s News
Like you needed a reminder that Lego is deadly…
Lego for life.
# childhood - Sunday 16 June, 2013
# childhood - Sunday 9 June, 2013
15 of the most traumatising moments from kids films you adored
Judge Doom, The Witches, and Gmork from The Neverending Story…*SHUDDER*
# childhood - Monday 3 June, 2013
14 bitter truths that will ruin your childhood memories
Apologies in advance.
9 things everyone does when it rains on holiday
It would be bucketing down outside and you’d be doing one of these things.
# childhood - Saturday 25 May, 2013
The 7 jobs that were the bane of your childhood
Do we HAVE to clean our bedrooms right now?
# childhood - Thursday 23 May, 2013
Conversation between a dad and his 2-year-old reenacted by grownups
‘You can’t talk to her…she’s the princess.’
# childhood - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
16 objects you inexplicably collected as a kid
Why do kids want to collect everything?
# childhood - Friday 26 April, 2013
13 reasons you’ll want to be eight years old again
Take us there. Please.
# childhood - Sunday 21 April, 2013
8 ways you tried to tell someone you fancied them
Chances are you tried at least three of these.
# childhood - Monday 15 April, 2013
13 things that utterly terrified you as a kid
And maybe still do a little bit.
HSE childhood obesity services “sparse or non existent” across country
Calls have been made for the retail sector to remove vending machines from schools and the watershed for the advertisement of high fat foods to be increased to 9pm.
# childhood - Sunday 7 April, 2013
8 kid things adults don’t do enough of
Why did we stop rolling down hills?
# childhood - Monday 1 April, 2013
9 things your granny did that your mam would never do
Grannies are great.
# childhood - Sunday 31 March, 2013
14 lessons to teach your children before they’re 12
That seagulls can not be trusted, for example.
7 of the best sporting prizes from cereal boxes
They just don’t make them like they used to anymore.
# childhood - Sunday 24 March, 2013
9 toys you grew up with… that are actually terrible
Sorry, but your fond memories are wrong.
# childhood - Sunday 17 March, 2013
7 amazing things you got for free as a kid
They filled you with happiness.
# childhood - Saturday 9 March, 2013
# childhood - Thursday 7 March, 2013
# childhood - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
# childhood - Saturday 2 March, 2013
# childhood - Saturday 16 February, 2013
17 lies your parents may have told you when you were a kid
It turns out the ice cream man DOES have ice cream when he’s playing the music.
# childhood - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Heart disease risk in children as young as 10 – study
The study of children from a Dublin primary school showed that 16 had risk factors for cardiovascular disease, while six had high cholesterol.
# childhood - Monday 31 December, 2012
11 essential childhood rules you’ve probably forgotten
And one that stays with you forever.
# childhood - Sunday 2 December, 2012
11 things we all did when we were kids
Did you learn about Willie Birmingham? And use furniture to avoid lava?
# childhood - Friday 30 November, 2012
Memory lane: The Panini sticker collection of Ireland’s Italia ’90 squad
Try not to weep with the intense nostalgia coming your way.
# childhood - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
Health Committee to resume hearings on childhood obesity
Committee Chairman, Jerry Buttimer TD said childhood obesity is a “very important and serious health issue which needs to be tackled urgently”.
# childhood - Saturday 27 October, 2012
Pics: Remember the awesomeness of childhood Saturday mornings?
This slideshow will help you relive them!
# childhood - Sunday 7 October, 2012
Column: I want my son to feel at home in Ireland, too
Raising a child between two cultures is never easy – especially when you’re halfway round the world, writes Paul Garrigan.
# childhood - Wednesday 8 August, 2012
Column: We need a version of ‘Sarah’s Law’ to help protect children
Irish parents must be given access to controlled information on sex offenders in their area, writes independent TD Denis Naughten.
# childhood - Sunday 5 August, 2012
Open thread: What are your best childhood holiday memories?
It’s been the coldest July in 40 years so we’d like you to warm the cockles of our heart…
Column: Why Ireland must ban all smacking of children
Smacking is on the same spectrum as violent abuse – and only serves to legitimise lashing out, writes Kate Ferguson.
# childhood - Thursday 2 August, 2012
Smile! One third of Irish people have broken or missing teeth
Poor childhood dental habits were blamed for tooth loss later in life by the majority of people in a new survey.
# childhood - Tuesday 24 July, 2012
Irish Childhood Bereavement Network set up to support those working with grieving young people
The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs said that bereaved children are “among our most vulnerable citizen”s but their voices are often not heard.
# childhood - Sunday 22 July, 2012
Column: Here’s why your mother sets your love life – and how to change it
Our first relationships set the pattern for everything that comes later, writes psychotherapist Joanna Fortune.
# childhood - Thursday 12 July, 2012
Column: Youth drinking problem? Perhaps we should look at ourselves…
The Phoenix Park concert has highlighted the problem of young people and alcohol, writes Fiona Ryan – but the problems caused by parental drinking go largely unremarked.
# childhood - Saturday 30 June, 2012
Column: Taking kids to beauty salons? It’s far from child’s play
From junior manicures to baby clothes reading “I’m too sexy” – this sexualisation of children isn’t just a bit of fun, writes Joanna Fortune.
# childhood - Friday 25 May, 2012
VIDEO: Kid Stuck in a Box Of the Day
He’s surprisingly calm about the whole being-upside-down thing.






















































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