Personal Stories about Parenting

Follow the links below to find personal stories about raising children and parenting.

Reviewed September 2008

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Title:   Parents with physical disability
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Experiences of a disabled parent raising three children; interview; challenges; community and family support.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Raising a grandchild
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Experiences of grandparents who are raising grandchildren; interview; challenges, responsibilities and benefits; difficulties in areas of law, finance, health and emotional issues; community and family support.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Indigenous parents
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Challenges facing Indigenous parents, statistics on Indigenous parents and the story of one Indigenous mother raising two girls.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Raising a stepchild
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Experiences of parents who are raising stepchildren; interview; challenges, responsibilities and benefits.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Parenting in a same-sex relationship
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Experiences of two women in a same-sex relationship and their two children; interview; challenges; community and family support.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Raising a child with a disability
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Experiences of parents who are raising a child with a disability; interview; challenges, responsibilities and benefits of bringing up a child with epilepsy.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Being an older parent
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Experiences of an older parent of a young boy; interview with older dad and his son; challenges and benefits of being an older parent.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Raising an adopted child
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Experiences of parents who adopt children; interview with parents; challenges, responsibilities and benefits.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Raising a child in a different culture
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Experiences of a migrant parents raising children in Australia; interviews; challenges; community and family support.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Getting help with settling babies
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Parents can learn how to teach their baby how to get to sleep independently; tips on how to find a parenting centre that suits your needs.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Parenting as a drug user
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Experiences of a father who regularly takes drugs, and his young daughter; impact of drugs on parenting; interview; challenges and responsibilities of being a drug user; effects on health; safety risks; community and family support.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Parenting as a teenager
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Experiences of teenage mother with a young girl; interview; challenges, responsibilities and benefits of being a teenage mother; community and family support
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Parenting with a mental illness
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Interview with a parent who suffers from bipolar disorder; investigates the challenges and statistics to do with parenting with a mental illness.
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Raising twins and multiples
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A parent of twins talks about the challenges of raising multiple births; includes statistics, challenges and links for more support.
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Asthma - Livina and Geoff's story
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Geoff and Lavinia have two daughters with asthma. Geoff has also had asthma since childhood. They have encouraged their children to manage their asthma and enjoy an active, healthy lifestyle.
Date:   Dec 2003
Title:   Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: Leanne's story
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Here Leanne tells of the coping skills that she developed from a young age, and of the full life she aims to enjoy despite the limitations imposed by juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Date:   Mar 2003
Title:   Childbirth: why I chose a drug-free home birth
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Read the story of Vanessa, who had a drug-free delivery in a birth centre for her first baby and chose to have her second baby at home in the bath!
Date:   Apr 2002
Title:   Childbirth: why I chose to have an elective caesarean
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Read one woman's account of why she chose to avoid the pain of childbirth by having an elective Caesarean section.
Date:   Apr 2002
Title:   Long QT syndrome: the Foley family's story
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Read about how the Foley family has coped with the huge impact that Long QT syndrome has had on their lives.
Date:   Apr 2001
Title:   Rheumatoid arthritis: Caitlin's story
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Read Caitlin`s story and find out how this 9-year-old girl takes rheumatoid arthritis in her stride.
Date:   Feb 2001
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