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Wha t ma ke s fo r We ll func tio ning Ab o rig ina l fa milie s in Brisb a ne PhD Re se a rc h Summa ry

Dr Ge ra ld F e a the rsto ne Ac kno wle dg e me nts: My fa milie s, the E lde rs, Dr D Ha fne r, Dr D Wa lsh, Dr Y Da rling to n, K umma ra ma na g e me nt

Ab o ut the re se a rc h

 Inte re st sta rte d o n the a ssumptio n tha t sure ly no t a ll o f

my c ulture a re strug g ling to pa re nt

 Wha t d o we kno w o f the g o o d , the stro ng a nd the

‘ d o ing we ll’ fa milie s

 Ra the r tha n a d e fic its a ppro a c h, the fo c us wa s o n

stre ng ths

 F

irstly wha t d id we ll func tio ning e ve n me a n?

 In 3 minute s o r le ss this is wha t I d id

3

Wha t did I find

F ind ing s c e ntre d a ro und 4 ke y a re a s

 Ab o rig ina l wa ys o f c hild re a ring  Child c e ntric pa re nting  Culture  Me tho d o lo g y a s a n a spe c t o f sig nific a nc e

Ab o rig ina l wa ys o f c hild re a ring

 Ha milto n  Gra nd pa re nts (Gra nd mo the rs)  E

xte nd e d fa mily o r multiple mo the ring

 Re so urc e sha ring  Stro ng kid s  Sle e ping  Child pla y

Gra ndpa re nts - Gra ndmo the rs

Ab o rig ina l wa ys o f c hild re a ring

 Gra nd pa re nts (Gra nd mo the rs)  E

xte nd e d fa mily o r multiple mo the ring

 Re so urc e sha ring  Stro ng kid s  Sle e ping  Child pla y

Child c e ntric pa re nting

 E

xplo ra tio n

 Re spo nd ing to e mo tio ns  Ma na g ing b e ha vio urs  E

xpe c ta tio ns (fa milia l)

Culture

 Prid e  Gra nd pa re nt ro le  L

a ng ua g e impa c t

 Auto no my a nd se lf re lia nc e – to ug h e nviro nme nts

re q uire to ug h a ttitud e s pre pa ring fo r life

Me tho do lo g y a nd its sig nific a nc e

 Ind ig e nist re se a rc h  Suspe nd ing jud g e me nt a nd e ng a g e thro ug h e xplo ra tio n

 Whe re did yo u le a rn tha t, wha t do yo u ho pe yo ur c hild le a rns fro m

the se a c tio ns, wha t a re yo ur ho pe s fo r yo ur c hild, Yo ur se lf, wha t ha s this b e e n like fo r yo u to ta lk to me a b o ut the ho w's whys a nd ho pe s o f pa re nting

 Pa rtic ipa nt o b se rve r a s me tho d  F

• c us o n stre ng ths

 Also c a me with its d iffic ultie s (pa rtic ipa nts fe a r, strug g le

to g e t fa milie s)

Wra p up

 Cha ng e the sto ry, it is no t the d e fa ult pa tte rn fo r

Ab o rig ina l fa milie s to b e b a d pa re nts, c ha lle ng e the se ste re o type s e ve ryd a y

 Physic a l d isc ipline , re la tio nship with tho se impa c te d o n

b y sto le n g e ne ra tio ns a nd the wa y the y pa re nte d (simila r to wha t the y e xpe rie nc e d in c a re )

 Multi-g e ne ra tio na l a ppro a c he s – g ra nd pa re nts

(g ra nd mo the rs a d vic e )

 E

a rly le a rning

 Ha ve we a d d re sse d the ro le o f ra c e in d e c isio n ma king

a nd the pe rc e ptio ns influe nc ing

Bus dr ive r : you c a n’t g e t on Da d: it’s be c a use I'm bla c k he y Bus dr ive r : no its be c a use you’ve g ot no mone y Da d: Ye a h tha t’s be c a use I’m bla c k he y T ha nk you