Growing Up In Ireland Report 2013

The 2013 Growing Up In Ireland: Development from Birth to Three Years Report makes for interesting reading for those in the Social Policy field.

Amongst other things, the report found that nearly twice as many children living with parents who had never worked were classed as obese compared with those whose parents had worked.  Nearly a third of families who said they'd been affected by the recession had to cut back on basics.  It was also found that a quarter of three year olds were either overweight or obese.

The Irish Times has an article on the report here and the actual report can be downloaded from
http://www.growingup.ie/index.php?id=61

Most Viewed Mountjoy Square E-Books

Below are a selection of the most viewed E-Books from the past month.
Simply click on the title to go directly to the E-Book.
The library has many more relevant E-Books. To see the full list click here

Abnormal and Clinical Psychology: an introductory textbook

*New* Advertising, Literature and Print Culture in Ireland, 1891-1922

Handbook of Attachment: theory, research and clinical applications

Handbook of Policing

Play, Learning and the Early Childhood Curriculum

The Good Research Guide

Term-Time Opening Hours

The Library at Mountjoy Square is now open Term-Time Hours.
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Friday: 9:30 - 5:15
*Saturdays: 10am - 5pm

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Childhood - BBC Radio 3

Childhood

Duration:

45 minutes

First broadcast:

Monday 27 May 2013

Matthew Sweet and guests examine our current and past attitudes to childhood and asks whether nurturing children is something that we should deregulate or attempt to reform.
Joining Matthew in the night waves studio are Jay Griffiths, author of a new book called Kith - in which she argues that children in Brazilian rain forests are happier than those in European and American cities;
Hugh Cunningham, historian and author of the Invention of Childhood; Frank Furedi, sociologist, who coined the phrase paranoid parenting; Gabriel Gbadamosi, Irish-Nigerian poet, playwright and essayist and whose novel "Vauxhall" was inspired by his own childhood; and Meg Rosoff who writes fiction for children and young adults - for which she has been awarded the Carnegie medal

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