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Whether to let your child choose ancestral roots over nuclear family

My son is fifteen and wants to live with his grandfather in Nigeria for high school but I am afraid if he goes he will not come back to us here.

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The parent faces the ultimate test of communal values when honoring them might mean losing daily connection with their child.

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“Where Are You with African communal parenting traditions?”

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