What Were We Thinking for Ethiopian families

Information, resources and reassurance for Ethiopian parents living in Australia navigating the highs and lows of life with a new baby.

About the program

This program is developed with and for Ethiopian parents living in Australia together with community partners, community experts and health experts. This program includes 5 podcasts in Amharic and 14 interactive worksheets.

Please not that this site is not a substitute for advice from your family doctor or another health professional. If you feel sad, worried, or irritable most of the time, then it is important to talk to your family doctor.

Worksheets

Each episode comes with interactive worksheets for you and your partner to fill in, either together or separately, shown in the menu on the left hand side of the page. There are no right or wrong answers; the purpose of these worksheets is to help you manage your experience as first time parents.

Once both of you have completed the worksheet select the "Compare" tab and both your answers will appear.

Podcast Episodes

Welcoming a new baby is always accompanied by mixed feelings, like feeling anxious, low mood, irritability and diminished enjoyment, and many parents feel under-equipped for the tasks of infant care and managing a household with a new baby.

In a series of conversations over coffee, we talk about all things babies, life as an Ethiopian parent in Australia, and everything in between. In each episode, you will hear health experts and community members:

Talk about common ways of raising children in both Ethiopian and Australian cultures
Answer questions many new parents ask
Share good ideas from research to help you enjoy being a parent

Episode 1

Understanding Each Other Better

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Jul 24

32 min