The author, Jane Nwaogu, is a Nigerian, of Igbo decent, a mother, a
teacher and a healthcare worker. She was born and raised by
Christian parents in an ambiance of love and peace, with strong
faith in God and respect to humanity. She learned cultural, moral
and ethical values through the parents' practical examples,
teaching, support and direction. As a mother, she raised her
children in the Igbo traditional environment and in multicultural
cities. The author was also a classroom teacher and a high school
principal. She communicated directly with children in the classroom
and indirectly through their parents and guardians; offered
academic counseling services to many children. The practical
experiences with the children at home, in the classroom and during
extra-curricula children's activities, and during healthcare
services to children gave her the opportunity to appreciate the
clean and innocent nature of children. The inputs the internal and
the external environmental factors offer to children directly and
indirectly impact their lives, their thoughts and their actions. As
a healthcare worker, the author took care of the rich, the poor and
the middle class patients. She worked in multicultural
environments, experienced families in their homes, their natural
settings, worked in the hospitals, nursing homes mainly for the
elderly, in group homes for the physically and the mentally
challenged and also worked in patients private homes. The author
had interacted with many families through work experiences as a
teacher, a healthcare worker and as a mother, and has read
parenting books written by researchers and authors. Media messages
and the daily observed attitudes of some parents and children
equally offer a wealth of experiences. And, from all these
experiences, she noted troubling current trends in many families in
the areas of divorce, single parenting, having multiple sex
partners, teen pregnancy, child abuse, neglect and abandonment, and
drug and alcohol use both by adults and minors. For families and
parents to keep their strong holds, and for children to benefit
from parenting, parents and care givers must have 'eyes that see '
and 'ears that hear'; they must be humble so that families will not
stumble.
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