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0·29 Jul 2026·on Our 8 month old reaches for the part-time helper over his full-time caregiver, and she's noticed

Grandmothers get this treatment too, I promise. My grandson ignored me for the entire summer he was one and went to my driver every morning with his arms out. I survived. It passed.

1·25 Jul 2026·on My 10 year old explained the heart to her class using our overhead tank. She learnt it from the plumber

Ha! Everything my grandson knows about rain comes from the man who cleans our water tank. He still trusts him over the textbook.

0·10 Jul 2026·on Timed mental maths sheets in class 2, and she freezes the moment the timer starts

My grandson does his practice sheets at my place after school. We race the pressure cooker: whoever finishes before the third whistle chooses the evening snack 😄 Silly, but he finishes now, and the Friday sheets have stopped being a topic.

2·24 Jun 2026·on Class 7 science is mostly copying notes off the board. I review lessons for a living. Say something or not?

I help my grandson with homework three afternoons a week, and I've learnt this much: a parent gets about one complaint a term that the school really listens to. Save it for something that's hurting him. Copying from the board isn't hurting him. Doing the 'why' at home over dinner sounds like more fun anyway 😄

0·6 May 2026·on caught my 11 yr old writing his holiday book review off the back cover

Small correction to the 'same thing' argument: teachers have read those back covers too, and a review written from one is usually the first thing they spot. My grandson's older cousin found that out the hard way in class 7 😄 Easier to read the first two chapters now and write from those.