Parenting & Family

Ask any Kenyan-Australian parent of a teenager and you'll likely hear some version of the same tension: at home, they're expected to speak with respect, help with siblings, and honour family obligations. At school, they're navigating an entirely different set of social rules, and trying to fit in with peers who don't always understand — or ask about — where they come from. Neither world is wrong. But living in both at once, every day, is genuinely hard work for a young person