Why PASTOR T. MWANGI has warned parents against sending children to boarding school at a young age - “I was taken to a boarding school in class four and….”

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 - Popularly city preacher, Anthony Kahura Mwangi, popularly known as Pastor T, has cautioned parents against enrolling their children in boarding schools too early, warning that the practice can damage family bonds and affect a child’s development.

Speaking in a candid conversation with radio presenter Jackie Nyaminde, Pastor T drew from his own experience, recalling how he was sent to boarding school in class four.

“I was taken into a boarding school when I got to class four,” he said.

“Boarding school iko na disadvantages zake because you tend to be introduced to a very big crowd and you lose the counsel of your parents.”

“By the time you take your child to boarding school at a young age, they lack their father’s instructions and their mother’s laws.”

The youthful preacher, once a gospel rapper, emphasized the difference between raising a child and simply letting them grow.

“There is raising, and there is parenting; some children just grow, and some children are raised.”

“So when you are raised, there are instructions, and there are laws and values that you carry through.”

“But when you just grow, you are left to yourself, you lack values, and you will be influenced by your environment,” he explained.

Pastor T further warned that early boarding can fracture relationships between parents and children.

“It kind of breaks a lot of relationships and develops survival tactics, and by the time you meet your child, that child is a stranger, and the parents are strangers, so you interact on transactions,” he said.

He added that many parents lose meaningful connections with their children after early boarding.

“Munaweza kaa sitting room two hours na hamujaongea, juu after shule hakuna kitu yengine munaweza ongea, because they found other parents and guidance in that environment,” Pastor T noted.

The Kenyan DAILY POST