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Returning to school after the holidays can be challenging for children, but with patience, empathy, and gradual routines, parents can help them adjust smoothly without stress.
Kaunga's journey toward land justice began in 1994, shaped by lived experience as a Laikipia Maasai and by watching communities slowly pushed out of spaces they had occupied for generations.
As the new year begins, experts urge families to abandon unrealistic January resolutions and instead embrace intentional, rhythm-based parenting that prioritises presence, honesty and connection.
As the festive season fades, experts advise easing back into routine with intention, reflection, and small grounding habits to protect emotional wellbeing and prevent post-holiday burnout.
January does not demand perfect parenting or fresh starts, but calls parents to practice purposeful parenting—rooted in presence, honesty, patience, and understanding who their children are becoming.
"Every year, I tell myself I will be calmer, less reactive. But by the second week, reality catches up. Work pressure, school demands, exhaustion. The children are the same. I am the same"
Experts say that predictable routines provide children with emotional safety, reduce anxiety, and help both parents and children navigate daily transitions.
Health experts say that starting small with manageable daily habits can boost motivation, mental well-being, and overall health, helping you achieve your 2026 resolutions.
Structure is one of the clearest ways children experience love, and it tells them the world is predictable and that someone is paying attention
A return hike to Lake Elementaita’s Sleeping Warrior becomes a quiet journey through history, landscape and solitude within the vast Soysambu Conservancy.
Many modern parents, juggling work, home, and societal expectations, are experiencing silent burnout that affects both their well-being.
Changing family structures have reshaped how families live. Many young parents are raising children far from their support systems, while juggling work demands that leave little room for rest
Nairobi’s Institute of Monetary Studies hosted four days of continental discussions placing African pastoralists at the centre of climate resilience, land stewardship, and sustainable development.
Valentine’s Day can be a powerful teaching moment for parents, showing children that love begins at home through presence, guidance and everyday acts of care, not just romance.
Indigenous rights advocate Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim uses ancestral knowledge, community land rights and climate justice to bridge grassroots realities with global policy spaces.
This Valentine’s Day, more Kenyans are choosing presence over performance, embracing travel experiences that celebrate love in its many forms, from rest and healing to laughter, daring and reflection.
Parents and experts say children absorb powerful lessons about leadership, conflict, responsibility and self-control by observing how adults handle failure, success and everyday life at home.
If a parent explodes at every inconvenience, a child learns that power equals volume, and if a parent navigates conflict with calm and accountability
We joke about it, and oftentimes you hear parents state that they haven’t slept in years, and everyone laughs. However, underneath the joke is a real strain
Educators, parents and mental health experts are warning that “camera culture” is reshaping consent, dignity and digital permanence for teenagers.
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