Writing for the people building Kenyan schools and homes.
Short, useful essays on safeguarding, healthy school cultures, mental health, behaviour, and the daily craft of parenting.
Parenting & Home
Parenting the Anxious Teenager Without Making It Worse
Anxious teenagers do not need their feelings managed. They need parents who are not destabilised by them.
Mental Health in Schools
The Staffroom Conversation That Decides Whether Teachers Seek Help
Stigma is local. It lives or dies in your staffroom, not in national policy.
Safe Administration
What to Do in the Sixty Seconds After a Student Discloses
The first minute after a disclosure shapes everything that follows. A short, practical script.
Parenting & Home
Parents and Schools: The Partnership Most Schools Pretend to Have
Parent-teacher meetings are not a partnership. A practical sketch of what a real one looks like.
Behaviour Challenges
The Student Everyone Calls 'Behaviour Challenged' Is Usually Telling You Something
Behaviour is communication. A reframing for teachers and deans who want to respond to the cause, not just the symptom.
Spotting Distress
Spotting a Distressed Teacher Before They Leave or Break
Teacher burnout is a leadership failure dressed up as a personal one. How to see it coming and how to respond.
Spotting Distress
Spotting a Distressed Student Before the Crisis
The early signs are quieter than most teachers think. A practical guide to noticing what classrooms tend to miss.
Mental Health in Schools
Mental Health Literacy: A Common Language for Schools
Why every school needs shared words for what teachers are seeing in classrooms — and how to build that vocabulary without medicalising childhood.
Healthy Schools
What a Healthy School Culture Actually Feels Like on a Tuesday
Healthy cultures are not motivational posters. They are how staff speak to one another in the corridor on an ordinary Tuesday afternoon.
Safe Administration
Safe Administration: What It Actually Takes in a Kenyan School
A clear-eyed look at the policies, structures and habits that make a school genuinely safe — beyond the safeguarding poster on the wall.
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