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• Attachment: The First Core Strength

  Attachment: The First Core Strength � By Bruce Duncan Perry, M.D., Ph.D. � The ability to form attachments is the first of six core strengths that are an essential part of healthy emotional development. These core strengths are the …

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• Mothers' Depression Changes Babies Language Learning

  Family Facts: BC Council Blog Mothers' Depression Changes Babies Language Learning Feb 24 by Pilar Onatra Program Coordinator According to new research released from UBC, babies born to depressed mothers acquire language skills at a slightly different rate than do babies of non-depressed …

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• Family Facts: BC Council Blog Aboriginal Fathers, a Largely Overlooked Population

  "How can you be a father if you haven't had a father?" That's a question that faces many aboriginal fathers in Canada today, and it's a question that had the spotlight in January, with the screening of a CBC documentary on January 14, Blind Spot: What Happened to Canada's …

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• Breastfeeding Starting out right

  Breastfeeding - Starting Out RightBreastfeeding is the natural and normal way of feeding infants and young children, and human milk is the milk made specifically for human infants. Starting out right helps to ensure breastfeeding is a pleasant experience for both you and your baby. Breastfeeding …

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• Quick Facts on Grandparenting

  Grandparenting NumbersThere were 5.7 million grandparents in Canada in 2001. Each grandparent had on average 4.7 grandchildren.First-time grandparenthood is a mid-life event: Canadians typically become grandparents in their late 40s or early 50s.The average age of Canadian grandparents is about 65.…

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• Beyond “I’m Sorry”: 5 Tips for Making Your Child's Apologies Meaningful

  By Amy McCready - Sep 25, 2011 Teaching kids to treat others appropriately is certainly one of a parent’s trickiest jobs—and learning how to make amends when your child is unkind to another is a big part of that. Circle of Moms member Samantha, makes her daughter apologize …

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• Activist documents 'invisible' people

  By DEVIN HEROUX, THE STARPHOENIX AUGUST 3, 2011  Mark Horvath was living the life he always thought he would until years of bad decisions left him homeless on Hollywood Boulevard.The successful TV industry mover and shaker literally went from having it all to having nothing.…

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• Keeping A Realtionship

  Being a teen mom and being with your baby's father gets frustrating. My relationship with my boyfriend/baby's father gets frustrating and there is a new fight everyday  It goes from helping out with taking care of our baby for example feeding or changing his diaper to not helping out …

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• My Life As Of May 8th

  I got pregnant at the age of 17 and like everyone thinks 'I didnt think it would happen to me' how ignorant was I.? I guess I just didnt think about the consequences that could happen with not using protection and I shouldve. Getting pregnant right before my senior year of high school really …

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• Teen Moms Are Taking Over Reality TV. Is That a Good Thing?

  By Feifei Sun July 18, 2011 "This is the happiest day of my life!" So says Maci Bookout, according to a recent cover of OK! magazine, where the 19-year-old Teen Mom star and rumored bride-to-be flashes a beauty-queen smile. Sharing cover space with Bookout — and sporting a bikini, …

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