NEW TO CANADA? BALANCING CANADIAN PARENTING AND TRADITIONAL VALUES (includes Punjabi content and videos)
Punjabi Content
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
By completing this e-learning course, you will:
- 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)
Course Introduction
PunjabI Content
Welcome to Family Education Centre’s and Punjabi Community Health Services’ joint e-learning course, New to Canada? Balancing Canadian Parenting and Traditional Values. This program is available in Punjabi and English.
After coming to Canada, there are many new experiences for your entire family such as finding a home, finding work, settling into a new community, finding a suitable school for your children, understanding the laws related to child-rearing and the cultural differences between your home country and Canada. Knowing that you need to deal with all these things, we also want to encourage you to take time to parent, communicate and set aside a bit of time to have fun with your children!
First, welcome!
Second, take a deep breath because even though things are very stressful as you settle in, life will get better.
As a father or mother or grandparent do you feel that your children/grandchildren:
- Watch too much TV or spend too much time gaming or on their devices?
- Have stopped talking to you?
- Don’t listen to you?
- Don’t eat their food?
- Are getting in trouble at home and in school?
- Don’t get to bed on time or up on time?
- Are not acting responsibly?
In this one-of-a-kind e-learning course, you will meet real parents, grandparents and children who have experienced the transition from parenting in their place of origin to parenting in Canada and have maintained and grown their healthy parent-child relationships. Their stories are unscripted and real.
Course Navigational video
Watch the video below.
Disclaimer:
*This e-learning course is meant to be an educational and general interest program and is NOT intended to replace professional therapy, counselling or advice. You should not depend on the information in this e-learning course and its associated forums, discussion groups, and services for medical, psychological, legal or financial decisions. Please consult a mental health professional for advice or treatment regarding any mental health concerns. Neither Peel Family Education Centre, Punjabi Community Health Services, nor any of our partners or affiliates are liable to anyone for any act or omission taken in reliance upon any information provided in this e-learning course.
Please Note:
The opinions expressed in the videos are solely those of the individuals and do not necessarily represent Peel Family Education Centre’s or Punjabi Community Health Services’ philosophies or practices.