Latest family stories from across Kenya.
Some family secrets aren’t meant to stay buried forever, but they’re also not meant to be unearthed by someone else’s shovel. When we choose to rebuild after betrayal, we’re making deeply personal calculations about healing, growth, and…
There’s something uniquely painful about realising you’ve been taken advantage of by someone you love. It cuts deeper than any stranger’s betrayal ever could. We’ve all been there, that moment when you realise your generosity has slowly…
“I need to tell my grandmother she’s not invited to my wedding, and I don’t want her money either. How the hell do I do that?” It’s a question that stops you in your tracks. Not because it’s shocking, anyone who’s planned a wedding knows…
For the longest time, many people thought the only thing that affects a baby’s health during pregnancy is the mother. The prevailing belief was that fathers only affect their children’s health genetically but only mothers affect them…
Mr and Mrs Raymond were the envy of their neighbourhood. In their gated community, most newer residents kept to themselves. But even they know exactly who the Raymonds were. They were the kind of family children aspired to grow up into. Mr…
When social media sites like Instagram and Facebook initially launched, they intended to help us remain connected with our loved ones. As the platforms grew and increased their user bases, companies found a ready and willing market to…
When it comes to children, many believe they’re a blessing and even more believe they’re a duty. There’s an unspoken fundamentalist belief that the most important thing a human could do is create another human. Unfortunately, it’s gotten…
The dangers that lurk online are never-ending, and for young people, it’s more dangerous than ever to be online. Not only are younger people at higher risk of getting scammed online, but unethical companies also harvest sensitive data to…
Children live in a world where everything is black and white. The younger they are, the less they understand the nuances of consent. This ranges from wanting to play with toys to understanding boundaries with adults. When a child is…
Kenyan social media star, Elsa Majimbo, made headlines again after commenting on the common practice of Black tax. This is whereby successful or wealthier people of African descent send money to their family members in need. In most…
When it comes to abusive people, it’s often believed that a terrible childhood leads to such a fate. The saying goes hurt people hurt people. And therefore, when individuals who experience trauma don’t process it, they end up causing…
Grooming is attempting to create a relationship with a child or young person to sexually assault them. In other instances, they get children to commit crimes or join a cult or a terrorist organisation. The perpetrator manipulates the child…
People have mixed feelings about sleep training their baby, just like with most parenting techniques. It’s either you’re a huge advocate or completely against it. However, if you have no idea what sleep training is, you can easily get…
Have you ever seen a person handling their child so well that you cannot help but categorize them as unique in a good way? They are patient and pay as much attention as they can even when a toddler’s tantrums go overboard. You have…
Anger is a normal healthy emotion that’s difficult for adults to process much less children. It’s critical that children are taught that anger is normal and healthy and given effective tips for managing it. Left unchecked childhood…
Abortion is a touchy, contentious and controversial issue with legal and moral measurements. It is also a facet that brings up issues about essential convictions with respect to life and death, the holiness of life, the start of life, and…
Report card season is stressful for everyone involved. The children are stressed out. The parents are stressed out. Maybe the teachers are stressed out too, who knows? For many people growing up, this was a period of fear because of the…
It’s difficult to know, especially for first-time parents, what is and what isn’t normal post-giving birth. There’s a variety of physical changes from vaginal discharge and bleeding to breast engorgement and urinary incontinence. There are…
One of the biggest complaints new parents share across the board is sleep deprivation. Sleep training means teaching your baby to fall asleep without you at bedtime and when they wake up at night. This results in better sleep for the baby…
There’s so much taboo and mystery around money which is starkly at odds with how frequently we use it. Regardless of whether parents actively set aside time to teach their children about money or not, they still inadvertently teach them.…
Tummy time is a euphemism for the time spent by a baby lying on their stomach while awake and supervised. It’s also referred to as being prone or the prone position. It is one of the baby’s first exercises and the most important. Here’s…
While it’s often romanticized as overwhelmingly joyful, parenting can be stressful and is often difficult. Parenting burnout is the physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion that one feels during the chronic stress of parenting. Burnout…
A toxic relationship is one in which two people do not communicate or relate to each other in healthy ways and where conflict easily arises. Siblings, because of a combination of factors, most commonly their parents’ parenting style, can…
Part of ableism manifests in the way in which disabilities and the resultant exclusion are rarely acknowledged much less discussed with a view to remedying the situation. Talking to children about disability is important. It broadens their…
