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New age parenting; thin boundaries

A family walking along a city waterfront. [istockphoto]

John Kimari* remembers growing up in Murang'a in the 1980s, when parental authority was unquestionable. He was brought up under the strict dictates of Christianity where any moral deviation was akin to a curse.

Together with his four other siblings, Kimari lived under the 15th Century proverb: "Children should be seen and not heard."

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