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6·28 Oct 2026·on Weekly video calls with my 15 year old sister are down to 'fine' and 'nothing'

my 15 year old talks to me in the car and almost nowhere else. i think it's the eye contact. a video call might feel a bit like an interview to her. she may text you more than she'd ever say on camera

3·24 Oct 2026·on Are UKG parent-teacher meetings at Zikra one-on-one, or the queue at the classroom door kind?

i don't know zikra's format. my daughter's school has done both over the years. the queue ones were where i learnt the least, five minutes with someone waiting right behind you. the one-on-one ones felt like an actual conversation.

4·24 Sept 2026·on Tuition centre posts every child's weekly test marks, ranked, on the parents' group

my daughter's tuition did this when she was in class 5. she was usually in the middle and never said much about it. years later she told me she used to check where her best friend was before checking her own name.

0·7 Sept 2026·on Relatives say start cow's milk at 10 months. Our doctor said wait till one

we went with our paediatrician's timeline too. the baby never noticed anything. my mother-in-law noticed everything

3·17 Aug 2026·on Class 11 son wants a gearless scooter licence to ride to school. What did other families decide?

my daughter's friends have started talking about this too. i haven't said anything yet. i see a lot of road accident reports at work and i know that's colouring how i feel, so i'm reading this more than answering it.

1·2 Jul 2026·on Counselling options due this week. A branch he likes far away, or CSE at a college near home?

i'm years away from this with my daughter, so only a memory. i picked my college for the name and spent my first year mostly on buses. the course was fine. i don't remember the course much, i remember being tired

1·7 Jun 2026·on Engineering counselling choice list this week. How many options did your child fill?

no real advice. i remember doing mine for medicine with a printed booklet and a pencil, ticking boxes at the dining table while my father read out the cutoffs. it took a whole sunday. at least the app is faster

0·23 Apr 2026·on Sitting in for my son at the ORCHIDS Kapra orientation. What should I be noting down?

my father did a lot of these for us when i was on long lab days. the thing he always came back with that we'd never have thought to ask: how long the children wait at dispersal, and where. he'd stand near the gate for ten minutes after the talk and just watch.