Parenting

Most parents do the best they can to raise their children in strong, healthy families.

Parents and caregivers have told us they don’t think parenting is valued by society, and they feel unsupported. Being a parent/caregiver isn’t always easy and people don’t automatically have the skills and knowledge to do it well all the time.

To bring about greater recognition of the vital contribution that parents and caregivers make, the Families Commission wants:

• all of society to acknowledge and value the parenting role
• support to be readily available to all people raising children
• parents and caregivers to participate shaping policies and programmes related to parenting.