The Four Directions serve as a guide for child well-being and represent all four quadrants of a child’s wellbeing: emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual. They are also a model for the four life stages: newborns, youth, adults, and elders. We move through life around the wheel, beginning in the East until we complete our journey in the North.
To read more about the Four Directions and other Anishinaabe traditions and practices related to raising children and child wellbeing, visit www.koognaasewin.com and https://www.koognaasewin.com/anishinaabe-customs
