'Palaki ni lolo at lola': The role of Filipino grandparents in raising Aussie-born children

These New South Wales residents share what Filipino values they want the younger generations to preserve in Australia. Credit: SBS Filipino

In Australia, approximately 775,000 people aged 55 and older care for their grandchildren or younger individuals. We spoke with a few residents from New South Wales about the key Filipino values they learned from their grandparents and hope to pass on to the younger generation.

According to the 2021 Census, over 775,000 people aged 55 provide some sort of care to younger kids. Two in five grandparents with a grandchild aged under 13 years were providing some child care.
As Filipinos are among the top five migrants in Australia, with almost 400,000 across the country, we asked a couple of NSW residents to share what Filipino values they want to preserve among the young Filipino Australians.
Among their top Filipino values are respect, kindness, and generosity, along with a strong sense of entrepreneurship and thriftiness.

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