Bien of Sauti Sol begs parents to stop taking their young kids to boarding school 

Singer Bien Baraza of Sauti Sol was recently on social media to address a rather unexpected topic about life in boarding schools.

According to the singer, taking away your child or children to a boarding school creates a huge gap between the parent and the child. He said parents end up not knowing their kids in the long run because of this which can be very dangerous.

“I went to boarding school in class 5. I was 10 years old. I know often children don’t know what they want but I was pretty sure I hated being there. At the time my parents thought boarding schools were an end goal to good results and grooming responsible citizens. Even during the holidays they left for work and came back when I was asleep. Now I’m all grown up and I realize how much it robbed me of a relationship with my parents. Especially my dad because I was always a mama’s boy. He’s always surprised by some of my habits and abilities,” said the singer. 

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Baraza added that boarding is one of the reasons why parents are usually shocked to hear their kids are behind strikes and other things because they barely know them.

“I bet some of the parents of the kids involved in high school arson incidents are often surprised by their kids. But if you’re only allowed to see them once in three months and sporadically during the holidays that’s the result. At a time when you need to be with them the most, you leave it to a teacher and peer pressure to raise them for you. I’m not saying kids in day schools are less likely to be involved in some crazy stuff but at least you can see them and nip the craziness in the bud before it gets out of hand. I am a full anti boarding activist.” he added. 

 

Bien Aime: My parents have been pressuring me so much to marry

Sauti Sol´s lead vocalist, Bien reveals how he has been compelled to marry due to pressure from his parents.

Bien Aime Baraza early in the year proposed to his Nigerian long-term fianceé, Chiki Kuruka in an cozy cinema date.

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The two are set to have their nuptials later in the year.

The singer-songwriter is among the many who have dated their girlfriends for pretty long without exchanging vows.

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And soon after he went down on one knee, the world was convinced that their relationship would actually be promising.

Unfortunately Bien reveals that pressure from his parents is what might have pushed him into the entire marriage business.

My parents have been pressuring me so much to marry.

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Additionally pointing out that he plans to see Chiki walk down the isle but no concrete plans have been set yet because he leaves that to her.

Family

The root of it all is his parents who have been supportive all through his music career as well as his relationship to Chiki.

We are 10 of us in our family and everyone has chosen a different path.

My siblings are in different professions and everyone is enjoying what they are doing.

Further revealing that music saw him through school, paying up his fees and that was a motivation to his parents.

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Just 3 weeks ago, the ¨Sauti Sol¨ band musician lightly articulated that unfortunately, his dad has no choice but support his music because that´s his career.

My dad has finally reconciled with the fact that I’ll never get a real job. ????????????????????????

With a myriad of personalities agreeing to that and fact that his dad´s face clearly says it all.

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