Why children give the best life lessons

"Mum, I need you to be careful when going out to meet this stranger, and I need to know that he will not take advantage of your gentleness and empathy - he must pass the test before we can allow him in our lives," seven-year-old Audrey Kimutai told her 32-year-old mother after listening to her phone conversation with her 'new suitor'.

Lisa Wanjiro, a psychologist says parents think of children as being less knowledgeable than adults when the truth is that there are many things that they have experienced and lots of things that adults can learn from their children.