Parents and family resources
FNHA has created and curated resources for new families to support healthy First Nations children. Learn about bonding with your baby, forming a secure attachment and the role of fathers, extended family and community in raising and nurturing a child.
- Family Connections: A resource booklet about bonding with your child for First Nations and Métis parents in BC
- Growing up: A resource booklet about healthy children for First Nations and Métis parents in BC
- Parents as First Teachers: A resource booklet about how children learn for First Nations and Métis parents in BC
- Fatherhood is Forever: A resource booklet about fathering for First Nations and Métis parents in BC
- BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres (BCAAFC) – often has programs for parents, children, and pregnant women
- BC Council for Families – a source of dependable, current information and advice including parenting programs, online information, and online discussion groups for parents
- First Nations Parents Club – helps support parents with educational success
- Healthy Families BC – Parenting is an online resource for all British Columbians with information about pregnancy and parenting
- Metis Family Services – provides services for parents
- The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) – a source of reliable, current information of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis child, youth, and family health