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- Title
How Australian families are raising their children.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the Australian Institute of Family Studies report on the study Parenting - 21. The study collected information about the values and beliefs parents hold about parenting and child rearing, and the aspirations, hopes and misgivings parents had for their children. The research focuses on two themes. The first is parents, children and the wider societal context, exploring issues such as how parenting is learned, who is responsible for parenting, how parents judge themselves, and the influence of the wider social context (for example, work and social support) on parenting. The second theme is parenting practices, such as teaching children values (particularly via household chores), rules, and the involvement of children in decision making, how parents approach discipline, and parents long-term goals for their children. The report makes extensive use of direct quotes from parents, and is a most readable and accessible publication, and will be of interest to those who work with children or families from different cultural backgrounds, or who are interested in how Australian families are raising their children.
- Subjects
PARENTING; CHILD care; CHILD development; PARENT-child relationships; CHILD rearing; AUSTRALIANS
- Publication
Family Matters, 2001, Issue 59, p92
- ISSN
1030-2646
- Publication type
Article