by HomeOfEighT8 | Jun 18, 2015 | Advice, Featured Article, Parenting, Resources
Daycare prices in Metro Vancouver have risen so high that the cost of four years of early-childhood care can exceed that of a four-year university degree. A typical family in Vancouver with a child in full-time care from the end of parental leave to the beginning of...
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 | Jul 4, 2012 | Featured Article, Nicole's Blog, Parenting
Too many balls in the air. You’ll understand the title when I explain where this is going. So I’m writing this at home while my youngest daughter is on the couch. It’s 2 pm in the afternoon on a school day. Get where this is going? She is home sick. And not...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Jun 5, 2012 | Advice, Featured Article, Nicole's Blog, Parenting
So I have written a few blogs now and they have been a little on the heavy and emotional side so I decided to try one with a bit of a lighter feel to it. Mothering, after all, isn’t always hard work; it can be hysterically funny and sometimes just downright...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Apr 11, 2012 | Advice, Nicole's Blog, Resources
So I sit here and the title of this blog post would be “Show Me The Money, Honey”. But I am conflicted as I write this because I want to write from a place that represents living in poverty and trying to raise a child. But I also have this other compelling side to...
