Life Advice and Guidance
Communication between rural and urban family members also focused on parents providing advice to children and siblings and close friends encouraging each other about the challenges of life. This was especially the case for parents of adult children who had moved away from home. For example, one participant who was a retired teacher explained to us that, together with his wife, they called their children who worked and lived in other urban regions around the country to provide advice on how to face marriage and life’s challenges and problems. They also provided parental advice to their children on the importance of Christian fellowship to build a united family.