Dimapur, July 9 (MExN): Dr. Jan Nienu from California, a specialist in early childhood education exhorted parents, particularly the younger lot of parents on early childhood parenting on evening of July 8, at Café Caffeine Jasokie Place, Kohima.
While sharing on the truths and skills about bringing up children in the Lord, Dr. Jan emphasized on the importance of interactive discipline, stating it to be an important area in Christian parenting. Interactive discipline needs patience, energy but it really works, she maintained. She also dwelt on the need to developing and building strong social skills and self esteem for the children. Parenting is not an easy job, but as parents you are called by God to raise your children she said and exhorted them to support one another, so as to raise the children in the right direction.
Many concerned parents raised questions to the early childhood educator, related to early childhood parenting, which they have been facing practically.
Presently, Dr. Jan Nienu is the Director of Treehouse Pre-school at Oakland California. She did her doctorate from University of San Francisco in Organizational Leadership with emphasis in Early Childhood Education. To her credit, she is also the founder of Early Childhood Programme at Patton University, where she served as Department chair for many years and is now acting as Adjunct faculty at Patton University. She has worked for over two decades as Early Childhood Educator and has recently published a book on children titled, Straight from the Heart. She lives in California with husband and two sons.
It may be noted that Dr. Jan along with her friend Melinda, who is also a teacher at Treehouse Pre-school, came all the way from California on a goodwill mission to share with the young Naga parents on the perspective of early childhood parenting.
While sharing on the truths and skills about bringing up children in the Lord, Dr. Jan emphasized on the importance of interactive discipline, stating it to be an important area in Christian parenting. Interactive discipline needs patience, energy but it really works, she maintained. She also dwelt on the need to developing and building strong social skills and self esteem for the children. Parenting is not an easy job, but as parents you are called by God to raise your children she said and exhorted them to support one another, so as to raise the children in the right direction.
Many concerned parents raised questions to the early childhood educator, related to early childhood parenting, which they have been facing practically.
Presently, Dr. Jan Nienu is the Director of Treehouse Pre-school at Oakland California. She did her doctorate from University of San Francisco in Organizational Leadership with emphasis in Early Childhood Education. To her credit, she is also the founder of Early Childhood Programme at Patton University, where she served as Department chair for many years and is now acting as Adjunct faculty at Patton University. She has worked for over two decades as Early Childhood Educator and has recently published a book on children titled, Straight from the Heart. She lives in California with husband and two sons.
It may be noted that Dr. Jan along with her friend Melinda, who is also a teacher at Treehouse Pre-school, came all the way from California on a goodwill mission to share with the young Naga parents on the perspective of early childhood parenting.
