National Families Week 2008
National Families Week 2008 will be held between 11-17 May. The theme for the week is "Work and Family – getting the balance right" which reflects the importance of encouraging Australians, particularly working parents, to find ways to more effectively balance work and family life. All Australians, including community organisations, schools, councils, companies and individuals are invited to participate in National Families Week this year.
Further information is available at the Families Australia website.
Snapshots of Family Relationships
To celebrate National Families Week in 2008, the Australian Institute of Family Studies prepared this Snapshot of Family Relationships. This report, commissioned by FaHCSIA, provides a brief outline of the following issues:- trends in couple formation, dissolution and family size;
- the personal satisfaction teenagers and adults derive from their family relationships (including step-relationships) and parents' views about the closeness of relationships between their own parents and children;
- parents' opinions about various issues, such as the ease or difficulty most parents have in raising children;
- the sources of professional support that parents expect they would use if they were separating from their partner or had difficulties in handling their children's behaviour, and any professional support that they have used; and
- post-separation patterns of parenting.
For more information visit the Australian Institute of Family Studies website