by HomeOfEighT8 | Jun 7, 2011 | New Releases
On May 26th the United Way of Greater Victoria announced a grant of over $7,000 of Innovation and Investment Funding to support the expansion of The Cridge Young Parent Outreach Program. The Cridge Young Parent Outreach Program (YPOP) supports young moms (ages 16 to...
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 | Parenting, Resources
To reduce crime, we must support families and provide opportunities for children The things that make communities safer from crime lie beyond the criminal justice system: they lie beyond the jurisdiction of law enforcement, courts, corrections. The criminal justice...
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...