Since she was 13, Bella* (not her real name) has been battling self-esteem issues. Her classmates were always prettier and curvier than her, at least in her opinion. Every time her school attended the music festivals, she did not get the attention the other girls were getting from their male counterparts that she had always envisioned hooking up with. “Everyone was talking about how a cute guy asked for their phone number and how they would meet during the weekends,” she says. “For me, it was

Sheila Mwangi, mother of a nine-year-old, explains why she has given her daughter a phone, laptop and unlimited Internet access. "I work from home and I have had to give a smartphone and other gadgets to my daughter to avoid distractions as I complete my assignments," she said. In her view, the phone is a great distraction for her daughter, Alicia, who is at home over school closure. "No one prepared me for a time when I would work from home. I had to send the house help home and the only way