by HomeOfEighT8 | May 17, 2011 | Advice, Parenting
Celebrating teen parent success! That’s what Mary Dolan and Kathy Payne are doing, following the release of the Growing Together Child and Parent Society Longitudinal Follow-Up Study documenting the effects of the Cowichan Valley’s young parent program on...
by HomeOfEighT8 | May 4, 2011 | Advice, Health
Since the introduction of Red Bull in the U.S. in 1997, the market for high-caffeine energy drinks has grown exponentially. And it didn’t take long for young co-eds to concoct alcoholic, high-energy mixtures. From “Jager Bombs” (Jagermeister and Red Bull) to “Red Bull...
by HomeOfEighT8 | May 4, 2011 | Health, Resources
A difficult childhood reduces life expectancy by 20 years among adults who experienced six or more particular types of abuse or household dysfunction as kids, while those who suffered fewer types of trauma lost fewer years of life, a large-scale epidemiological study...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Apr 19, 2011 | Parenting
Just in time for Mother’s Day, a new study from Dove gives moms across the country something to feel good about: a majority of Canadian girls identify their mothers as their biggest female role model. Six in 10 girls between the ages of 10 and 17 named their...
