Professor Zainal Madon is a Co-Investigator on the Parenting within the Preschool System in Malaysia. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, University Putra Malaysia. He is a registered counsellor with the Malaysian Board of Counsellors and has served as counsellor, lecturer, and researcher for 23 years. He has led 25 research projects centred on child and adolescent development, parenting, at-risk children, plus impact studies on intervention/training, and at-risk families.