The playgrounds are deserted. Children who were meant to be in school this week are staying home. But that was never the plan. Teachers were ready to teach after the holiday. Children, many of them tired of staying indoors, believe it or not, were looking forward to meeting their friends in school. Parents were looking […]
Today morning, a young boy, about 5 or 6 years old at most, got slapped. Really hard. By his mother. I’ll call him Amani*. Amani was looking sharp in his school uniform, which was topped up with a slightly oversized blazer (the kind kindergarteners wear nowadays for Monday morning assembly in school.) He was accompanied […]
Life will not always give you what you want. Great. We know that. So what? This is one of the statements our loved ones tell us and leave us to process on our own, without telling us how. Yet, our parents and teachers have let us grow up believing we are special and can have […]
Many young people end up at a counsellor’s office when they exhibit the wrong behavior, drop in their academics or are caught using illegal substances. This is always after the tell-tale signs have escaped both the teen and the adults around them. Is there a way of knowing if one is susceptible to mental illness […]
