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3·16 Oct 2026·on 16 year old wants to keep swimming five days a week through IB DP

That's the part I keep coming back to, that taking it away might make the stress worse, not better. Sorry about your daughter's exam nerves. 10th is a hard year for that. Hope the tests go a little easier for her this term.

1·30 Sept 2026·on My 5 year old does 'homework' next to her brother every evening, and wants it signed

enjoy this phase. at 16 the request is 'sign this form, don't read it' 🤷

1·5 Aug 2026·on Are 'profile building' packages worth anything for class 11 students applying in India?

IB school here, same sessions, same packages. We said no to the paid research paper, that one felt like buying a line on the CV. She does MUN because she likes arguing. For Indian colleges I doubt anyone reads that section closely, but happy to be corrected 🤷

1·3 Aug 2026·on half the ukg kids in our building go to a tuition aunty after school. needed at this age?

We made the same call, years back. The ones who went had tidier handwriting in class 1. By class 3 you couldn't tell who had gone and who hadn't. That's all I noticed.

1·11 Jun 2026·on Two class 5 sections merged into one of 48. Is there a limit per section?

CBSE has a cap per section in its affiliation rules, 40 if I remember right. Worth checking the current version before you go in though. Our daughter's old school tried 45 once, parents asked as a group, and they split it again by the second week

0·27 May 2026·on her whole friend group thinks she's the expert on periods because i'm an obstetrician

Doctor parent here too. Our daughter's friends used to ask her about every injection. What helped was telling her she can always say 'I'll ask my mum and tell you'. Took the pressure of being the expert off her.

1·9 May 2026·on Our daughter has started tutoring and wants to pay one of the household bills

Same view, though I'd keep the amount small and fixed so it doesn't creep up in a good month. Our daughter's still at school, so this is me planning ahead.

1·2 May 2026·on Our 10 year old now talks to us like he's filming a video

rating dinner out of ten is fair game imo. ask him to rate his own cooking once 🤷

1·20 Apr 2026·on 10 yr old has banned my singing in the car when her friends are in it

15 here. Her friends have now started asking for my songs. She's furious.

2·20 Apr 2026·on Does the Johnson Grammar ICSE campus in Mallapur go on to ISC, or do children move after class 10?

IB family so no ISC info, sorry. but agree with the point above, our daughter's plans at 15 look nothing like what we planned when she was 8 🤷

6·14 Apr 2026·on Swim coach wants our daughter at a three-week training camp in Bengaluru in May

Mostly the second, if I'm honest. My partner said the same thing in fewer words.

1·14 Apr 2026·on Swim coach wants our daughter at a three-week training camp in Bengaluru in May

Fair point. The one adult was what bothered me, I think, without my noticing. Asking the coach today.