The Stolen Generation Essay

The stolen generation had a huge impact on individuals and there communities not just the people that were apart of it but also the Aboriginal community generations after it happening because they are living in fear that it might happen again and they have to live with the knowledge their ancestors had to go through this. Also they still didn’t find everyone that was taken away so they ADD MORE

The effects on the people that were stolen are
Loneliness, because the absence of there family can make them feel ad if they have no one to talk to
Not having a lot of trust because the white people would’ve lied and said they were going somewhere better then where they went and they said they would see there parents again but most of them didn’t.

Also if they were pretty young when they were taken they might not remember that they aren’t with there original birth mothers and that they were adopted by Europeans
Loss of language because they were forced to learn English
Abuse because they would most likely be abusive and alcohol abusive because most of them became depressed and suicidal which would lead to abuse as they got older.
Difficulty parenting as they didn’t have a mother or father to hold on to for much of there life and they wouldn’t feel as protected in there adopted homes and they might not know how to care for their children properly
Unable to maintain a healthy relationship because they never had someone they liked to look up to and to teach them good ways because their foster parents often weren’t as loving and helping
Trauma, this is one of the main effects because its something that will be with them forever, its different for every child that was taken because some were taken nicely and they just left their parents but some were taken abusively and their parents could have been abused when they were taken and that might be there last memory of their