The Growing Up Our Way Resource
The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) is the national non government peak body in Australia representing the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. The SNAICC Resource Service has recently produced a document titled “The Growing Up Our Way: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Rearing Practices Matrix” This resource provides a snapshot of some of the values, beliefs and practices informing the ‘growing up’ of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children across Australia.
Examining both traditional and contemporary child rearing practices, Growing Up Our Way provides a few examples - collected from the literature around Australia - of the ways in which children are being raised. A strengths-based perspective grounded the research in documenting how children are raised strong in self, proud in culture.
To access the resource click here, or cut and paste the following link into your browser:
http://www.snaicc.asn.au/projects/dsp-default-c.cfm?loadref=196