Raising children is hard work! If you are a newcomer to Canada, which may have different customs and expectations than your country of origin, parenting can seem even more overwhelming due to all the other challenges of immigrating and settling in Canada.
We hope that this course will make raising your children in Canada and balancing your traditional values with Canadian parenting practices easier. Taking an active role in your child’s life and ensuring you maintain and grow a positive relationship with your children is important. This e-learning course will provide you with some thoughts, ideas and ways to get started with:
- Balancing Canadian Parenting and Traditional Values
- Parenting in Stressful Situations
- Promoting Healthy Relationships
- Encouraging Mutual Respect
- Applying Strategies for Parenting Solutions
- Seeking Support
Course Objectives
- Hear how other parents, grandparents and youth have maintained and grown their positive family relationships through the stress of immigrating
- Understand the differences in parental expectations in the East and the West
- Consider ways to maintain your cultural values and traditions
- Discover strategies to reduce your stress
- Understand how your children react to your and their stress
- Consider your roles and expectations as parents, grandparents, children and youth within the family, at work and in the community
- Explore a new concept of respect
- Consider some ways to keep your family relationships growing
- Discover some available supports and resources
Course Materials
- Content translated into Punjabi in PDF format
- A Word from Baldev Videos (Baldev Mutta is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Punjabi Community Health Services (PCHS).
- Parent-to-Parent Instructional Videos
- People’s Perspective Videos:
Parents, grandparents and youth share their stories and experiences of what worked well for them or challenges they face. *Please note that some of the video footage is in Hindi and Urdu. - Take Away Tip Sheets (Downloadable & Printable Information Sheets)
- Online Notes (if you want to make electronic notes throughout the course)
*We would like to acknowledge and thank Baldev Mutta and The Punjabi Community Health Services (PCHS) for their time and contributions to this e-learning course.
Baldev Mutta has been in the field of social work for the last 45+ years. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Punjabi Community Health Services (PCHS). PCHS is a Health Service Provider in the Central West and Mississauga Halton LHIN geographic areas.
Besides his work in mental health, addictions, services for seniors, domestic violence, he has spent his life educating parenting on child-rearing. He has received many community awards for his work on equity, community development, diversity management, and organizational change.
In addition, we would also like to express our gratitude to the parents, grandparents and volunteers who generously and candidly shared their own personal experiences as newcomers to Canada and made our People’s Perspective videos possible.
A special thank you to Malton Women Council for their generous contributions through our many conversations and the People’s Perspective videos.
*For the best experience while completing your e-learning, we recommend using Chrome as your browser.