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Parenting in a New Culture: A Parenting Guide for Families From Culturally Diverse Communities in Australia.
Kaur, Jatinder.
McInnes, Kate.
Spectrum Migrant Resource Center (MRC)
Technical Report
42 p.
Copyright
Published: 2014
Spectrum Migrant Resource Center (MRC)
Level 1, 306-308 Bell Street
Preston, VIC 3072 Australia,
info@spectrumvic.org.au
Available From:http://spectrumvic.org.au/
View: https://web.archive.org/web/20150508151322/http://www.parentinginanewculture.org.au/
Written for new migrants in Australia, this parenting guide provides information and support on raising a children in a new country. It discusses: the challenges and opportunities of parenting in Australia; the different ideas and values that children will be exposed to; Australian laws about children and parents' legal obligations to protect children from harm; child developmental stages; and parenting adolescents.
Keywords:
parenting; parent education; immigrants; children of immigrants; cultural differences; child abuse laws; acculturation; Australia