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0·17 Sept 2026·on 13 year old now corrects my Telugu in front of her friends

I have zero Telugu and my 2 year old will probably be correcting me before he's 4, so I'm reading this as a preview! Back in Lucknow my brother used to correct my mother's English in front of his friends. She started correcting his Hindi in front of the same friends. He stopped within a week.

2·16 Jun 2026·on Elder son reports nothing about school. His younger brother reports everything, including the elder's day

Haha, this was me and my brother, except I was the reporter. He's four years older, and I told our mother everything, including things he hadn't done. He barely spoke to me for most of class 8. I have only a toddler so no parent wisdom yet, but from the sister side, a rule like 'only tell your own news' would have saved us a lot of fights.

2·3 Apr 2026·on An aunt told my 12 year old she's 'getting healthy'. She won't eat in front of relatives now

I'm far from this age with my son, he is two. But I was this girl in Lucknow at twelve. One aunt, one comment about my arms, and I wore full sleeves for three summers. What I wished then was that my mother had said something in front of me, so I knew she was on my side. Even one sentence.