DR. WANGO GEOFFREY MBUGUA

There are many contributing factors that have fueled this vice in schools. According to the University of Nairobi’s senior lecturer and counselling psychologist Dr. Geoffrey Wango, parenting is a key factor that influences the behaviour and habits of a child. Parents are the first teachers of a child and it doesn’t matter whether one is a single parent or not because single parenting is a circumstance. What matters is that the parents should be willing to actively play a role in teaching, instructing and modelling of their children,” disclosed Wango. Adding that child neglect has driven many youths into substance abuse.