Dilemma of parenting in the new age

Mum gives her son a kiss as heads off to college. (Courtesy)

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."