Caption for the landscape image: Do you compare your children? Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Scroll down to read the article Positive comparison can instill values, help children improve their weaknesses, and encourage growth. Photo credit: Shutterstock By Winnie Onyando Contributor Article Related “Why can’t you be more like your brother, sister, or your cousin…?” Sound familiar? This phrase echoes through many households and is often uttered without thinking of the impact such comparisons can have on children. Has there been a shift in parenting over the years? In the 1970s, parenting was deeply communal. Fast forward to the 1990s, the influence of globalisation and an emphasis on education began to change how parents interacted with their children. Their take on fatherhood What a better way to celebrate than with grown-up children opening their hearts to parents. . Recommended for you PREMIUM Sit up and listen, experience is talking PREMIUM Mwalimu Andrew: Sue me, the teachers will work over the holidays... PREMIUM Why do some men abandon the church and rely on their wives’ prayers? PREMIUM Paco Perez, the DJ who shaped city’s soul scene Login to join the discussion Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. In the headlines Elections News Counties Business Opinion Sports Life & Style Health Podcasts Photos Newsletters Puzzles Tanzania arrest leads to Sh3.6bn drug haul recovery in Kwale Two Tanzanians, Ugandan arrested in Sh3.6bn drug bust. PREMIUM Why MPs want a say in village elders’ selection MPs' push exposes battle for control of 106,000-strong grassroots army ahead of 2027 elections. PREMIUM What next for Matiang’i as Ongwae’s new party raises stakes in Gusii Ongwae says his party believes in neither the “one-term” nor the “two-term” narrative.
Has there been a shift in parenting over the years? In the 1970s, parenting was deeply communal. Fast forward to the 1990s, the influence of globalisation and an emphasis on education began to change how parents interacted with their children.
Their take on fatherhood What a better way to celebrate than with grown-up children opening their hearts to parents.
Tanzania arrest leads to Sh3.6bn drug haul recovery in Kwale Two Tanzanians, Ugandan arrested in Sh3.6bn drug bust.
PREMIUM Why MPs want a say in village elders’ selection MPs' push exposes battle for control of 106,000-strong grassroots army ahead of 2027 elections.
PREMIUM What next for Matiang’i as Ongwae’s new party raises stakes in Gusii Ongwae says his party believes in neither the “one-term” nor the “two-term” narrative.
