by HomeOfEighT8 | Oct 1, 2012 | Advice, Resources
Education is largely regarded as the silver bullet to overcoming poverty. How ironic, then, that a recent study shows poverty has a serious impact on children’s ability to get an education. The study, completed last fall, shows rural poverty, especially in the...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Sep 29, 2012 | Advice, Resources
Efforts to combat school-aged bullying in Canada may be working – for boys. Girls, on the other hand, are experiencing an increase in the amount they are bullied, and finding it more difficult to cope with everyday psychological stressors. Unfortunately, the gap...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Sep 17, 2012 | Advice, Parenting, Resources
This is an amazing graphic created by the design team at EarlyChildhoodEducation.com that illustrates the cost of a child. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Young Parent Outreach is a dynamic resource program providing services and support to young pregnant...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Sep 15, 2012 | Advice, Parenting, Resources
If there’s one thing I know for sure about being a girl, it’s that it isn’t easy. Having recently survived my teenage years, I can attest to the fact that girls today face a distinct set of challenges that are associated with their sex. Discrimination based on gender,...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Sep 15, 2012 | Advice, Parenting, Resources
Although relationship violence has been declining since the early 1990s, data indicates that young adults are at greatest risk for getting caught up in different types of relationship violence. A new study from Child Trends examined relationship violence as reported...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Jun 25, 2012 | Advice, Nicole's Blog, Parenting
Young fathers are just as important and integral to their children’s lives as young mothers are, but, it just so happens that we know a lot less about young fathers. Past research on young parents has overwhelmingly focused on the mother, in part, this is...
