by HomeOfEighT8 | Oct 3, 2012 | Health, Nicole's Blog, Resources
Nicole Andrews The Cridge Young Parent Outreach Program nandrews@cridge.org This blog started with a conversation that lead to 3 more, then a few more after that, then a quote I read: “Be WITH someone who makes you happy!” This is a question that I struggle...
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 25, 2012 | Parenting, Resources
The reality in Canada today is that a fairly large proportion of married couples will end up becoming divorced. Additionally, a fairly large proportion of these divorced couples, with or without children, will end up re-establishing themselves in a step, or blended,...