Published: May 12, 2021
As an Aboriginal woman, I felt the expectation to have children. All the while, I was in a battle which many face alone
I told myself once I had my career, I would start a family. In my experience, in the Aboriginal context, there is the silent expectation to raise children. Culture relies on the expansion of our families to carry on our practices, our obligation to care for land and to care for our elders and ourselves when we grow old. I come from a relatively small family, in comparison to most, with a larger extended family. My grandparents had more than 10 siblings.
There is no question whether we will have kids, it’s more the matter of when. So often there is no consideration as to how.
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