Curriculum For the Indian Community
Posted on September 5, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized |
Tribal Families: The family, the fundamental unit of tribal societies and our hope for the future. Successful families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.
The Responsibilities of Parenthood: Tribal families are under attack and losing their essential and traditional role in tribal communities. This lecture will focus on:
· Fathers: will be encouraged to preside over their families in love and respect. They are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. They will be encouraged to teach, set the proper example and be kind to their families. Fathers should seek constantly for guidance from the Creator so they will know what to do, what to say, and also know what not to do and what not to say. The father’s role does not end with presiding, providing, and protecting family members. On a day-to-day basis, fathers can and should help with the essential nurturing and bonding associated with feeding, playing, storytelling, loving, and all the rest of the activities that make up family life.
· Mothers: are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. Nurturing refers to parenting behaviors such as warmth, support, bonding, attachment, recognizing each child’s unique abilities, and attending to children’s needs. Nurturing in and of itself is more important in the development of a child than is any particular method or technique of child rearing. It hardly needs saying that nurturing is best carried out in a stable, safe, family context. The greatest job that any mother will ever do will be in nurturing, teaching, lifting, encouraging, and rearing her children. No one else can adequately take her place.
Strengthening Tribal Families: Tribal families are under attack and losing their essential and traditional role in tribal communities. The objective of this lecture is to teach basic skills to improve and strengthen the lives of tribal families and students.
Strengthening Tribal Youth: A guide given to young men and young women. It presents the standards that teach youth the values that will help strengthen themselves and their families. These standards provide sure direction to strengthen youth and guide them on their journey through life. By keeping these standards, tribal youth will be of great service in their families and tribes.
Curriculum For the Non-Indian Community
