Children’s Stories

In 2017 Dr Katie Lamb's PhD explored  'Embedding the Voices of Children and Young People who have experienced family violence in programs for fathers'.

The literature suggests that fatherhood is often used as a motivator to engage fathers in programs to address their violence yet evaluations of these programs rarely consider outcomes for children as a measure of success. In addition children and young people are rarely involved in their father's change process and their perspectives are seldom sought.

This research asked children and young people for their perspectives on fathers in the context of family violence as well as the key messages they have for fathers who attend a program to address their violence. A number of research participants went on to make digital stories, three of these can be found below. 

To discuss using the stories in your work or for more information contact klamb1@unimelb.edu.au