by HomeOfEighT8 | Nov 18, 2013 | Advice, Featured Article, Health, Resources
No one brings dinner when your daughter is an addict. When my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, we ate well. Mary Beth and I had both read the terrifying pathology report of a tumor the size of an olive. The surgical digging for lymph nodes was followed by months...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Sep 23, 2013 | Advice, New Releases, Parenting, Resources
Amidst the hustle and bustle of daily life, relaxation can seem like an out-of-reach fantasy. If your friends and family have ever told you to “just breathe,” they were right. “Just breathing” is often the first step in learning how to relax spontaneously, but it...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Sep 23, 2013 | Advice, Featured Article, Health, Resources
You’re 19, officially an adult. Happy birthday. Now get out of the house. As parents, few of us would take such a brutal approach. Yet in our role as citizens that is exactly the style we adopt toward teenagers “in care” of the Crown — for whom...
by HomeOfEighT8 | May 26, 2013 | Advice, Featured Article, Nicole's Blog, Parenting
Nicole Andrews The Cridge Young Parent Outreach Program nandrews@cridge.org As a busy Mom, these are some of my tips that I use every day to try and make my life a little easier. I have two kids and my partner has four, so every other week we become a family of...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Apr 28, 2013 | Featured Article, Young Parent's Forum
In the world of parenting there are a million choices we have to make. How will we diaper and clothe our children? Are we going to baby wear or push them in stroller? Are we going to follow traditional feeding choices when introducing solids or follow baby-led...
