The Australian Government is pleased to announce an increase in funding of $2.7 million over the next four years for the development and distribution of key national parenting information resources, the Raising Children DVD and the Raising Children website.
The Raising Children DVD launched today will be provided free via an Australian Government New Parent Kit to every parent of a newborn for the next two years.
The DVD will enable those without a computer to access information on everything a parent needs to know about raising a child, from birth through to 5 years of age.
The DVD is a companion product to the Raising Children website, which has been highly successful in providing practical, reliable and user-friendly information for Australian parents of children 0-8 and those that support them.
The website raisingchildren.net.au was launched in May 2006 and is expected to reach its 2 millionth visitor this month. Today's announcement is in addition to the government's previous $4 million funding commitment for the website, as part of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy