GENTLE BIRTHING, CONSCIOUS PARENTING, NATURAL HEALTH & WELLNESS, CHEMICAL FREE LIVING
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Future Families is a non-government, not for profit community association commenced in March 2007 by a group of Adelaide (South Australia) mums.
We inform and support parents on the vast array of greater options to raise children holistically via conscious parenting.
What is conscious parenting?
By conscious parenting we mean treating our children, and our planet, with the greatest of kindness and respect. This is parenting through love and understanding of children’s development, and the individual child, instead of through fear and reacting to behaviours.
What does this kind of parenting look like?
Our community consists of a variety of like minded families striving to raise healthy, happy adults!
Yes - we focus on the long term outcome - rather than trying to correct the immediate behaviour or short term perceived 'problem'. We are educated mums and dads who, from our own individual research, believe in particular parenting techniques that put children’s needs first. These choices include natural birthing, eating organic food, co-sleeping with children, using slings for babies instead of pushers and not vaccinating our children. (see About Us for more examples) These types of parenting styles are often labelled or seen as ‘alternative’ however many parents are following these styles without even realising it. There is substantial evidence to suggest that these choices are not only logical, but offer a safe and healthy start to life. And healthy being not just physical health, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Why are we needed?
More parents are realising, and research is showing, that our current parenting styles (adapted through the last 50 years and still recommended by many ‘experts’) are just not working. The current trends in children in USA and Australia are showing massive increases in physical, mental and emotional problems: increases in childhood asthma, poor literacy, ADD, youth suicide, youth depression, childhood obesity, childhood allergies and much more. So, for the good of their children, many parents are choosing a slightly less common parenting path. Some of their parenting choices may not be easily accepted by their families and society and therefore they receive little support. Future Families is about filling that gap. Offering un-biased expert information on children’s health and development and building a supportive network for parents.
Click here to download our Manifesto document Future Families Manifesto
The Alliance for Transformation the Lives of Children – co-founded by Pam Leo (www.atlc.org) has done amazing work to reveal research and provide extensive guidelines on this nature of parenting.
We consider their Blueprint of Principles and Actions to be an invaluable resource for every parent, midwife, doctor, child care worker and politician – in America - and here in Australia. Download this document aTLC Blueprint.