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- Title
Meeting the challenges of parenting.
- Authors
Soriano, Grace; Weston, Ruth; Violet; Kolar
- Abstract
This article focuses on factors which make life easier or more difficult for parents raising young children. In order to throw light on these experiences, the Australian Institute of Family Studies participated in an international study the aim of which was to identify cross cultural differences and similarities in parenting beliefs, values, daily concerns and behaviour. Vietnamese families, defined as comprising a child born in Australia, with parents and grandparents born in Vietnam, were recruited by the Vietnamese interviewer. In addition, focus group discussions were held with men and women who were" elders" (with adult children)," experienced parents" (whose eldest child was in secondary school), and "young parents" (with an eldest child in primary school), as well as "key informants" (all of whom were service providers). With the lack of secondary educational facilities on the Islands, Torres Strait Islander parents had little choice but to send their children "down south." This was a major concern to some parents who missed being with their children, worried about their inability to monitor their children's behaviour.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; PARENTING; CHILD rearing; FAMILIES; PARENT-child relationships; PARENTHOOD
- Publication
Family Matters, 2001, Issue 58, p38
- ISSN
1030-2646
- Publication type
Article