• By Dartington SRU
• Posted on Sunday 18^th May, 2014

The (un)importance of cultural barriers

In many countries, children from culturally diverse backgrounds are at a greater risk for developing behaviour problems. But their parents are often less likely than other families to access support via parenting programmes. Do these families’ cultural values prevent them from engaging with these programmes? Are the programmes themselves simply not suited to anyone other than the cultural majori…