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Are we raising entitled children?

 Are we raising entitled children?
 Are we raising entitled children? (Photo: iStock)

Thirty years ago, Jerusha Otieno grew up in an ordinary village setting in Kasipul Kabondo. 

“At dawn in my village back then, the day once began with the clatter of water jerricans. Children, balancing yellow containers, walked to the river or borehole before school, while others milked cows, fetched firewood, swept the compound, or pounded maize. Chores were a rite of passage, weaving responsibility into everyday life,” she says.

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