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Little Children are Sacred: Friends in Oenpelli

Child Friendly Communities:
Primary Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.

Research shows that strong, healthy communities have less child abuse and neglect.

  • Services and social networks to support families;
  • Children are involved and respected;
  • Adults model appropriate parenting and child rearing behaviour;
  • Pride in people and culture.

Communities with these qualities provide a web of support across every aspect of a child's life - enhancing their development, wellbeing, and protection from harm.

NAPCAN believes that child friendly communities are achievable primary and secondary strategies in the prevention of child abuse and neglect, and that it is the responsibility of every Australian to play a part in building them.

NAPCAN is working directly with children and young people to strengthen their protective behaviours and to build their resilience and life skills. "KiDS CAN", and its projects of significance such as "LoveBites" & "Rosies' Place" are key examples of NAPCAN's work in this area, as are "Stomp It", which focuses specifically on Indigenous young people, and "Smart Online, Safe Offline" which works within the cyber community to raise awareness and strengthen protective behaviours.

For your diary
National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day - Nurturing our children to flourish
4th August 2008. MORE

Children See Children Do
NAPCAN's multi-award winning advertisement will become the centrepiece of a national social marketing campaign relevant to the whole population but specifically focussed on those parents whose behaviours are most likely to maintain the cycle of abuse. View the advertisement HERE

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