“As for relationships with children, everything is quite subjective – a child should be taken care of regardless of the country in which you live. If you invest in the younger generation, then it will be smart, intelligent and adapted to life. Here, they take care of their children more than in Russia, since kindergarten is very expensive - mothers prefer to stay at home and look after their babies right up to school.

Unlike Russian fathers, many of whom prefer watching TV to communicate with their children, Australian fathers try to spend as much free time with their child as possible. They go for walks, play sports together, explore nearby sights and natural beauties, etc. No one is surprised by fathers walking with a stroller or with a sling. nine0005

“Dads are also interested in creating a correct picture of the world for their child, and they try to spend more time with him – on weekends they do sports together and go for a walk,”

— Regina also says.

Minimal role of grandparents

Australians are workaholics. They work very hard, feeling the fiercest level of competition in all areas of life. Everything is explained by the fact that the inhabitants of the country do not want to deny themselves anything, well, and also by the fact that there are many immigrants on the mainland who want to get as many jobs as possible. nine0005

Retirement, men and women begin to spend more time relaxing and traveling, and they cannot be called typical grandparents in the Russian sense. They will be happy to babysit their grandchildren for a few hours, but a whole weekend alone with the little ones is out of the question .

In addition, the role of the husband's and wife's parents in the upbringing of their children is influenced by their place of residence - sometimes, having married, young people leave for another city or even state. This forces relatives to meet less often and shifts all responsibility for the children completely onto the shoulders of mom and dad. nine0005

Punishments

“About punishing children and reprimanding for misconduct: in Australia, the rules are not as strict as in America; the parent has the right to scold the child, and measures for the so-called light “slap” will not be applied to him, but violence will not be tolerated here,

- says Regina on the pages of her blog .

A child can be reprimanded for this or that misconduct, but the use of an "educational" belt (probably now many have remembered their childhood) is strictly prohibited. In the case of corporal punishment, the child can complain to the teachers in the kindergarten or school, and the parents will be punished without delay. We would call this “squealing”, but there it is “observance of the rights and freedoms of the individual. nine0005

From an early age, a citizen of the Green Continent is taught everywhere that no one can offend him, especially mom and dad . And therefore, it is considered normal here that the younger generation complains about the older one, which is subsequently held accountable - this can be a conversation, registration, deprivation of parental rights.

The main types of punishments are curfews, i.e. a ban on going out with friends and leaving the child at home, depriving him of the right to watch TV and use a computer, sending him to his room. nine0005

Please note! About 70% of parents practice assault on their children. Seeing such a sad picture, the staff of the pediatric department of the Royal College of Medicine turned to legislators with an initiative to ban all corporal punishment, collecting a total of about one and a half thousand signatures.

The key negative factors in this case are the negative impact on the child's psyche and significant physical impact (often exceeding previously planned). Their arguments are confirmed by the growing number of depressive states among the younger generation. The main example for doctors at King's College is New Zealand, where child abuse was banned at the legislative level back in 2007. nine0005

Relationships between children

Interestingly, most blogs and articles about raising Australian children indicate that bullying is a rare occurrence on the Green Continent, children are taught to accept each other, despite skin color, different accents, clothes, etc. (the country has a large number of immigrants). The school even arranges special lessons where everyone talks about the peculiarities of their native land, about national customs and traditions.

Sociological research has shown that Australian children easily make contact with new people, in particular, with "newly arrived" peers. nine0005

But after a short correspondence with a Russian woman who has been living there permanently for several years, it became clear that bullying still takes place. On January 3, 2018, a girl named Amy Everett committed suicide after being bullied online. Moreover, she cannot be called some kind of extraordinary or strange - she was quite pretty, she was even the face of the Akubra hat company, participated in advertising campaigns as a model. After her death, parents and friends launched a campaign against online bullying. nine0005

Australian scientists found that about 30% of elementary school students are bullied to some extent (we are talking about both moral and physical bullying). Moreover, the study was aimed at identifying the relationship between bullying and academic performance, and as it became known, the ratings of the victims of ridicule and beatings are lower than those of other children.

“There is bullying, but they are actively fighting it here. If you notice in time, you can talk to the principal of the school or transfer the child to another school "

- Regina notices .

Problems of family and upbringing

As already mentioned, bullying is a big problem for the country, but the education system tries to do everything to avoid conflicts, so conflicts are often resolved with the participation of educators, teachers and educational institutions.

Another rather sensitive topic is relations with relatives. It is not customary for Australians to gather several dozen people at a large table , usually meetings and holidays are held in a close family circle. Great-uncles, second cousins ​​and brothers of the wife's sister's husband are swept aside: as a rule, such ties are not maintained, or they are remembered occasionally. To a greater extent, this is due to the origin of citizens - they are all descendants of migrants and are not particularly attached to their relatives, compared to the same Europeans.

Due to the active lifestyle of pensioners, who, as a rule, have a secure old age and enjoy every moment of it, looking after the baby falls entirely on the shoulders of the parents themselves, and the lack of maternity leave and the high cost of kindergarten makes mom or dad leave work and sit with the child all the time. nine0005

Sports future, LGBT families - advantages and disadvantages of the Australian education system

The infrastructure is built in such a way that everyone from young to old tries to play sports to the existing temperature regime, harden.

Chad is given freedom of choice in everything - in games, in studies and in specialized education .
There is also an ongoing fight against domestic violence and bullying in kindergarten and school. Probably, in the near future, the attitude towards these two aspects will be fixed as an approved legislative initiative.

In addition, Australian children are taught to be tolerant of same-sex couples and there are many registered LGBT families. This is one of those facts that in Russia is still difficult to perceive and is not entirely clear.

Five Incredible Differences in Parenting in Australia

Most people associate Australia with kangaroos and a place where it is hot all year round, and apart from sunglasses and T-shirts, there is nothing to wear here. This is not entirely true. The country is practically Through the Looking-Glass, where winter is in summer and summer is in winter, it does not always have a friendly and very contrasting climate: the rainy season often changes the dry season, and therefore the Australians try to be ready for any weather, especially in clothes.

About children's frost resistance and ugg boots

Like most Europeans, Australians are not accustomed to heating a room to bath temperature, as we do. In winter, the temperature in homes and offices does not rise above 18-19 degrees - and this is quite cool. Yes, and in kindergartens and colleges there is no additional heating, so it is especially chilly here on cold days. Despite this, children are always dressed lightly and in one layer - without thick knitted sweaters and fleece linings. In a pinch, kids in kindergarten can wear a warm sweatshirt, but this is the exception rather than the norm. nine0005

Moreover, Australians build houses differently - there is no basement (basement), which, for example, in Russia serves as something like an air cushion. That is why the floors on the first floors of any house are simply icy - not only can you walk on this in socks, but even in slippers your feet can become stiff.

Therefore, in winter, Australians wear special shoes at home, which everyone has long fallen in love with and at one point became a real must-have even in those countries where constant heat reigns - these are ugg boots. But even though the children's feet are constantly warm, all other parts of the body are literally “light”. A child in a T-shirt, shorts and fur boots in kindergarten is a common sight. nine0005

About the Australian soul wide open

Russian parents try to warm their children as much as possible in case of any manifestation of frost - after all, everyone knows very well that a child running around in clothes wide open can easily get sick. Australian parents are also aware of this possibility, but they treat children's snot and cough quite calmly, believing that this is a self-evident result during the cold season.

There is no panic among Australian mothers and fathers about a child's cold. How else can you develop immunity? No way! Therefore, they easily bring a coughing and sneezing baby to the garden or take it to school. A slight fever is also sometimes allowed. Parents calmly hand the teachers a bag with the necessary medicines - antipyretics and even antibiotics. And the reason for the absence of a baby in the kindergarten can only be a really serious reason - vomiting, diarrhea, a rash, or, for example, lice. nine0005

About hats that no one wants

Clothing, in comparison with the more humane Russian prices for the mass market, is still expensive here. Fashionistas who come here to relax often zealously accuse Australians of bad taste and limited choice in stores. Which is incredibly strange, because almost all residents of European cities suffer from a craving for everyday and simple casual.

In fact, Australia is like a big village, and average families, even in megacities, lead a very calm and measured lifestyle, and dress in simple things of a sweeping type. The main principle of residents is comfort and convenience. Tracksuits, T-shirts and all kinds of T-shirts, fleece sweaters, jeans correspond to this rule. From outerwear, down jackets can be noted in the cold season, insulated hoodies and parks that are now popular. nine0005

Less often on the streets of busy cities you can find leather jackets, cashmere coats, both in adults and children. Especially "outrageous" fashionistas, who strike everyone with their "impudence" on the spot, wear wide-brimmed hats, the choice of which is huge in this country, but for some reason not everyone is ready to wear them.

About Australian pragmatism

A certain love among Australian parents is also manifested in the constant purchase of absolutely all children's things for growth: here there is a clear similarity with the habits of our compatriots. Therefore, the Australian strong men run around in things hanging like on hangers - in the oversize style, if you call it fashionable. But here everyone will turn around just at a child dressed according to all the rules of the fashion industry, and not at a yard boy with tucked up pants or a girl with a skirt to toe. nine0005

About the "ban" on irons

In general, any clothes for a child are selected by relatives in terms of convenience, practicality, as well as safety and environmental friendliness of materials.

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