County Wexford Parent's Hub

11/06/2026

🧸June 8th to 12th is Infant Mental Health week.

If you'd like to learn more about this topic and practical ways of fostering positive mental health in your baby/toddler these HSE videos are a great resource.

Each video covers a different topic such as emotional regulation, soothing your baby, play and storytelling, baby cues and settling your baby for sleep.

These videos feature HSE experts in child psychology highlighting advice when it comes to supporting and promoting infant mental health, as well as parents s...

10/06/2026

🤗 Join us and Sinéad Cronin Daly from Tusla for a very special rhyme time this week, Thurdsay, 11 June, 11:00am - 12:00am. 🦔⭐🦉🐊 🦆🐏🎶

Sinéad is a Senior Child & Family Support Officer with Tusla and will be here on Thursday to talk about infant mental health and the importance of tuning in to your child and connecting with your child.

🤩 Just come along, no booking is required.

08/06/2026

This week is Infant Mental Health Awareness week!

But what do we mean when we talk about infant mental health? From birth to 3 years a child's social and emotional wellbeing is developed through consistent, responsive, care and attention from their caregivers. This helps them to learn to regulate and express emotion, form close relationships and explore and learn.

If you'd like to know more about supporting your baby/toddlers mental health, these short videos from the HSE offer practical information on this topic.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsQK32cdMW_wqZPklAtP65xWyxsKeRbF3

28/05/2026

It's that time of year again when Junior Cert and Leaving Cert students are getting geared up for the exams starting next week.

Its often a stressful time but there are some things that can help....

19/05/2026

Interested in hearing a bit about positive parenting approaches, having a cup of coffee and meeting other parents? Why not pop into the meet Geraldine who will run a Triple P information and coffee morning on positive parenting.

🗓️Thursday 28th May
⏱️9.30 to 11.30am
🏢Fdys Island Rd, Enniscorthy

For more information please contact Geraldine King on 086 4402044.

18/05/2026

Many parents worry about their children having their own phones with concerns including online bullying, the impact on mental health, unsuitable content, among many others.

However many parents also feel immense pressure to allow their children to have phones.

If this is something you're struggling with and would like to delay getting your child a phone, the ideas in this post might help.

For more information visit:
smartphonefreechildhood ie

14/05/2026

Learning to solve problems and overcome challenges is an important life skill for children and teenagers to develop, but it can sometimes be difficult for parents to know how to support them with this skill.

Breaking it down into small steps like these can make it easier for everyone to navigate and gives parents and children a little guidance 😊

11/05/2026

Parental separation can be a challenge for many families regardless of whether it's recent or a number of years ago. Parents can often struggle to communicate with each other or feel unsure how to support their child/teenager with the situation.

The Parenting When Separated Programme aims to support parents with these challenges in a confidential, safe group environment.

Starts: Thursday 21st of May for six Thursdays
Time: 10am to 12.30pm
Venue: Barnardo's, Enniscorthy (Y21 PX67)

If you would like to book a space on this programme or would like to know a bit more about it please contact Ger O Connor on 086 0491118 or [email protected].

07/05/2026

💻 Online Workshop: Talking to Children about Parental Separation and Family Change (Hosted by One Family)

This free online workshop will support parents to feel confident talking to their children in an age appropriate, supportive way about parental separation.

Tuesday 12th May at 12pm to 1pm.

To register please visit:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1987322475020?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/05/2026

The Rainbows programme is a group support programme for children who have experienced bereavement. It is a safe space where children can discuss their feelings and feel like they are not on their own in their experiences.

Wexford Parents Hub is currently organising a Rainbows Bereavement Programme doe children aged 10 - 12.

It will start on Tuesday 12th of May at 3.45 in Gorey Youth Needs Group (Y21 T8P8) and runs for 9 weeks.

If you would like to book a space for your child or hear more about the programme please contact Ger O Connor on 086 0491118/[email protected]
www.rainbowsireland.ie