Raising teens does not have to be hell on earth

Eight Ambira High School students cover their faces in the dock at Ukwala Law courts in Siaya county on November 26,2018. The students pleaded not guilty to the charges against them and will be remanded for seven days pending investigations. [Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard]

Anyone who has successfully raised a teenager to adulthood deserves a straight ticket to heaven. That is because they have already been to hell and back! So, goes the punchline of many a speech by your favourite toastmaster. And while the ensuing laughter may be gay and convivial, the subject of teenage behaviour, to some parents, conjures pictures of sullenness, resentment and rebellion akin to that of Hades itself.