Intergenerational Impact Of Culture On Aboriginal Women

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Your discussion is very informative when it comes to Aboriginal women and their inputs in raising the families. Time and again, the society fails to understand the importance of culture on the aboriginal women when it comes lifestyle, actions or influences that can hamper the health of an unborn and the young ones. Such lifestyles include smoking, uncontrolled drinking habits even during pregnancy as they see these as normal ways of lives as norms based on culture passed them from parents and grandparents.
“Being aware of and acknowledging the intergenerational impact of colonial policy on Aboriginal families can help prevent the tendency to blame these mothers for their lack of skills and knowledge in parenting their children. For these mothers,