CHIPPEWAS OF THE THAMES COMMUNITY STORY - Cottfn
CHIPPEWAS OF THE THAMES COMMUNITY STORY - Cottfn
CHIPPEWAS OF THE THAMES COMMUNITY STORY - Cottfn
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CHILDREN (AGES 0 TO 12)<br />
The following questions guided discussion about the children of the Chippewas of<br />
the Thames First Nation:<br />
1. What is life like now for children?<br />
Are they healthy (mentally, emotionally, physically & spiritually)?<br />
Are they safe?<br />
Are they learning what they need to?<br />
What needs do they have that are not being met?<br />
What are their assets and strengths?<br />
Is life different for girls than it is for boys? If yes, how?<br />
2. How were things different for children in the past?<br />
What was expected of children then?<br />
What can we learn from about the way that children were raised in the past?<br />
What can we learn from the past that can help COTT children have a good life and<br />
grow up into adults who live well and make a contribution to their communities and<br />
to society in general?<br />
3. What will things be like for children in a positive future?<br />
What would a truly healthy child be like (mentally, emotionally, socially, physically,<br />
spiritually)?<br />
What would it be like to be a child in a healthy family and community?<br />
What would have to change in order to achieve a healthy future for all children?<br />
Who has to be involved in making these changes?<br />
What parts of the needed changes can the COTT community do on its own, with<br />
little or no help from the outside? What actions are needed?<br />
What sorts of help are needed from outside the community to support the process<br />
of making these changes?<br />
What sorts of learning are needed? Who needs to learn?<br />
4. What are the main goals to be achieved to improve the future of our children:<br />
In the next 1 to 2 years?<br />
In the next 5 years?<br />
In the next 10 years?<br />
The discussion sparked by these questions among the participants of the<br />
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Community Story consultation process is<br />
summarizes in the material below.<br />
1. What is life like now for children?<br />
Children are very much in the centre of many people‘s thinking about what is most<br />
important in the development of the best of all possible futures for the community of the<br />
Chippewas of the Thames (COTT). On the one hand, it is very clear that the children of<br />
the community are deeply loved and that many people are making daily efforts,<br />
Chippewas of the Thames Community Story<br />
October 2011<br />
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