Parents must learn about and model respectful behaviour – Parent Guides ‘tell it like it is’.

Respect is fundamental to any community. Learn what respectful behaviour is, how to turn disrespectful into respectful, how to create life-long relationships and how to embed respect within the culture of adolescence.

The resource discusses important topics of self respect, racism, family violence, sexism, equality, LGBTIQ+, disability, Indigenous awareness and more.

Parents need the resources to help them teach their children about respect and learn how to display respect themselves. This covers respect at home, in school, in relationships and the community.

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Building Resilience

Instilling strong values, helping to build resilience and providing support when needed is crucial in helping children to develop self-confidence. Resilience is about being realistic, thinking rationally, looking on the bright side, and finding the positives, even when things seem bad. Those who demonstrate resilience cope better with life’s ups and downs.

Disrespectful Behavior

Parents and carers can help to counter negative talk and disrespectful actions from people in influential positions by modelling respectful behaviour and explaining why the inappropriate behaviour of others is unacceptable.

Modelling Respect

Modelling respectful behaviour and instilling values that promote empathy, equality, the acceptance of differences and the value of diversity are important. Racism, prejudice, homophobia, stereotypes and sexism must also be discouraged and called out.

Respectful Relationships

Having respect for others involves valuing people for who they are, looking for the good in people, and not expecting others to be exactly like yourself, or others. A respectful relationship sees each person being valued, contributing and having responsibilities. A respectful relationship is one in which people feel safe.

Respecting Others

Children who learn to respect others are well placed to do the same when they attend school, develop friendships and establish romantic relationships. Parents and carers play a crucial role through modelling behaviour and providing advice and boundaries. A solid foundation in moral and ethical behaviour will help them to develop and maintain respectful connections with others throughout their lives.

What is Respect?

Respect involves positive feelings or actions towards someone held in high regard, and involves expressing admiration for them, caring for them and/or considering their needs or feelings. In many cases, we respect people whom we admire because of their abilities, qualities or achievements.