Teaching Parents the Power of Play
EAST NUSA TENGGARA, Indonesia - In a small bamboo classroom in the rural mountainous village of Bikoen, a group of parents huddle around Fandro, 6, as he attempts to solve a geometric puzzle. “Take number 1 and follow the line to put it in the correct shape,” says Alfaksat Haumeni, 45, as he guides Fandro to place the circle in its designated spot…, Changing Community Attitudes on Parenting, A 2017 study conducted by UNICEF on early childhood development centres in Kupang found that 23 per cent of mothers and 66 per cent of fathers in the community had not read books to their children in the past three days. The study also found that 84 per cent of the centres did not organize workshops on parenting, further compounding this issue. “…