The family unit has been stretched to breaking point. When parents cannot feed, educate or clothe their children, authority shifts.

In a country where colonial legacy rages on, it is not surprising that human life has stopped feeling sacred.

The quickest route to failure is to burden teenage readers with preachy messages. Teenagers have little patience for sermons disguised as stories.

The family unit has been stretched to breaking point. When parents cannot feed, educate or clothe their children, authority shifts.