by HomeOfEighT8 | Jan 27, 2011 | Health, Resources
A disturbing fact: Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among young people in Canada. Another fact:Â Although much information exists on suicide prevention and intervention, there is little research and few resources which examine the impact of a suicide...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Jan 13, 2011 | Health, Resources
I never planned on being a parent. I was one of those women who just didn’t like kids. So when I found out I was pregnant while living six hours from my family, I was surprised and definitely unprepared to be a mother. I cried, I cursed, I told no one and then...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Jan 7, 2011 | Advice, Health, Parenting, Resources
PURPLE Program and Its Research The Period of PURPLE Crying® provides educational information about the properties of normal infant crying that are uniformly frustrating to caregivers, and appropriate action steps that caregivers need to know. Inconsolable infant...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Jan 7, 2011 | Advice, Health, Resources
(CNN) — A now-retracted British study that linked autism to childhood vaccines was an “elaborate fraud” that has done long-lasting damage to public health, a leading medical publication reported Wednesday. An investigation published by the British...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Dec 3, 2010 | Advice, Health
In March 2010, 94,359 people in BC visited a foodbank — 4000 more than during the same period one year previously. Nearly a third were children. According to The HungerCount 2010 Survey, an annual study conducted by Food Banks Canada, half of the households that turn...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Oct 27, 2010 | Health, Parenting, Resources
Parental mental illness has a profound impact on children. “All family members are affected by a loved one’s mental illness. The entire family system needs to be addressed. To assure us we are not to blame and the situation is not hopeless. To point us to...
