“Teach them the quiet words of kindness, to live beyond themselves. Urge them toward excellence, drive them toward gentleness, pull them deep into yourself, pull them upward toward manhood, but softly like an angel arranging clouds. Let your spirit move through them softly.”
― The Prince of Tides
Has the boy child been forgotten?
The boy child has been left to fend for himself because he is a man.
In earlier years the boy child used to be mentored and coached by the community elders, what about now when the society is individualized. Those elders don’t exist anymore with everybody moving to the urban areas.
Who is there for these boys and especially for the boys growing in the informal sectors? While the girl child is being empowered and the boy child is being left behind then the society is lopsided. The family unit is imbalanced.
Boy children are being lured into vices that are not good for society like taking drugs and other illegal activities.
“Our boys need help”
In this age of individualism, as parents we should take up this challenge and support the boy child the best way we can.
Boys are struggling both socially and academically, how can we come in to support them in the best way possible?
Can we be the advocates for our boys and speak loudly for our boys knowing that what we do for our boys improves the life of our girls too.
Objective:
To create a conducive environment to mentor and coach our young boys
Hi, My name is Jacqueline Amolo and I’m always happy to interact with like minded people.
As a mother to two boys who are all grown up
The boys have grown up in a world where there is a lot of noise on empowering the girl child. These are feedback I always used to get for them while they were in school.
They felt disoriented and felt that out there there was nothing for the boy child anymore.
All the preaching from the people they were looking up to was all about empowering the girl child.
The boy child was dragging behind and this became a concern.
They need our support.
