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Pastor T Mwangi opposes sending young kids to boarding school
24th March, 2026 11:02 AM
Vocal preacher Anthony Kahura Mwangi, popularly known as Pastor T, has spoken out against taking children to boarding school at a young age, citing the long-term impact on parenting and family relationships.
Drawing from his personal experience, Pastor T, speaking during a candid conversation with radio presenter Jackie Nyaminde, revealed that he was taken to a boarding school in class four, an experience he is against.
The youthful preacher further narrated how early separation from parents can affect a child’s development.
“I was taken into a boarding school when I got to class four,” Pastor T revealed.
“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 former gospel rapper emphasised the difference between raising a child and simply letting them grow.
Additionally, he explained that children who are properly raised are guided by instructions, values, and discipline, while those who simply grow up without guidance often lack strong values and are easily influenced by their environment.
“So naturally that child begins to grow by themselves,” he added.
“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.”
Disadvantages of early-age boarding school
Pastor Mwangi also highlighted the relational consequences and why he discourages sending children to boarding school at a young age.
“It was not a good thing, so I would not encourage anyone to take their children at that age,” he said.
“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 shared that many parents lose meaningful connections with their children after early boarding school.
“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 stated.
