Topic > Residential Schools in Canada - 714

The end result, quite terrifying, as these children were sent back to their tribes, when they got too old, with no idea how to survive. Furthermore, returning children were discouraged from completing further education because they barely received an education in these schools. Most children returned home without knowing how to raise their children or show affection. The generational gap has also further segregated these children from their parents because most of them have failed to understand the culture they have been forced to deny since childhood. According to the Manitoba Justice Institute, the creation of residential schools was what created the sharp increase in abuse and violence among Aboriginal families because the time spent in these facilities isolated children from the families who cared for them and taught them about abuse. The trauma suffered by residential school children would transcend their behavior to the next generation, leading to a vice