PARENTING is one of God’s wonderful gifts to mankind and every parent that has had the privilege of raising children would attest to this. ‘Bundle of joy,’ as newborns are affectionately referred to, bring into the world so much pleasure and joy. A mother forgets her labor pains at the sound of the baby’s cry. The father feels like a new lease of life has been infused in him and, if you are an African like me, friends and relatives start calling you by your child’s name as ‘Bashi Mulenga’ or ‘Atate Lameck,’ or something in those lines. Parents draw so much joy from children in many different ways. Even choosing a trendy name or christening them ‘Junior,’ is something...