by HomeOfEighT8 | Feb 8, 2012 | Advice, Parenting
When a mother reaches for a bottle of formula before even trying to put her baby to the breast, I judge. When my neighbour brings home fast food multiple times a week for her kids, I shake my head. And when I see cranky babies in the grocery store at 9 p.m. at night,...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Oct 28, 2011 | Advice, Health, Parenting
During the summer of 1996, when I was 11, I became drastically sick with lupus. I was admitted to Children’s Hospital Boston and put on high doses of steroids, which made my face puffy and round and made me gain 80 pounds. Despite frequent hospitalizations, the...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Oct 4, 2011 | Advice, Parenting, Resources
Duane Sergeant and Easter Johnson feel trapped. For nearly a year-and-a-half, the young teen couple has shared a single room and a double bed with their two small children in the Jackson Avenue Family Residences, a homeless shelter in the South Bronx....
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...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Mar 16, 2011 | Advice, Parenting
A recently published evaluation of a New York state home visiting program has found that home visiting produces significant outcomes in reducing child abuse and neglect. Healthy Families New York is a home visiting program targeting expectant parents and those with...
