What happens when your children fear relatives and strangers?

Elimu House Primary School's Louis Ocholla and Emmanuel Mumo of St Bakhita School during The Nairobi regional junior chess championship at Sarit centre on November 20, 2021. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

This is the season when most parents and guardians meet more relatives than any other time of the year. Those with children their aunties have not seen are proud when they’re held, kissed and spoken to in mother tongue despite the blank stares the young ones shoot back, especially if they are from the city.