Warning on family tree wilt
PA Wellington Teachers are being warned about the effect that asking pupils to draw up family trees could have on those children who are adopted or wards of the State. In the latest “Education Gazette,” a notice says that producing family trees or writing autobiographies are common activities in both primary and secondary schools.
But a considerable number of children in New Zealand do not live with their birth parents or relatives because they are adopted, or wards of the State.
“The production of autobiographies or family trees can cause some of these children considerable stress, and be a source of embarrassment to the families concerned,” the notice says. “Teachers are asked to consider the implications for each child before beginning such activities.”
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Press, 7 February 1985, Page 8
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