According to some of these “experts”, the upbringing of children has been left to mothers and house helps and this is working to the boys’ disadvantage.
Parents do not encourage boys to pursue education. Instead, they purchase motorbikes for their young sons to operate as boda bodas.
Values and a sense of character can be effectively impressed upon a young mind through teaching, explaining, and demonstrating. In this way, we can impart to a young man the true nature of manhood.
If recent reports are to be believed, Kenya’s young men are now the weaker sex. We are being told that girls are now the “stronger sex”, not afraid to take on challenges and jobs initially meant for boys, that girls are increasingly becoming more active on the playground and more aggressive in work places, pushing boys to the sidelines.
These reports have elicited sneers and scorn from some members of the female gender. Today’s young men are even being referred to as “Blue Band boys” who have become increasingly spineless, lazy, and ambitionless as girls soar, taking over classrooms and workplaces.
