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3·29 Oct 2026·on Neither of us can answer a phone between 8 and 3. Whose number does daycare get first?

Ask the daycare how many calls they make in a typical month. When our daughter started playschool I was worried the same way. In the first term there were maybe three calls, and two of them were to ask if she could have cake at a classmate's birthday. They were also fine with a text message if no one picked up, as long as someone replied within the hour. You may not need a perfect plan, only an agreed reply time.

0·24 May 2026·on 11 year old wants kajal and lip gloss for her cousin's engagement

Our daughter is only 5 and already reaches for her mother's kajal during every function. My wife's rule is 'functions only, and Amma puts it on'. So far it has held. At 5 that's easy, of course. At 11 I imagine the negotiation is better prepared, as yours seems to be.

2·21 Apr 2026·on What is the joining test like at The Creek Planet School in Chandanagar for an ICSE child going into class 8?

For our daughter's school admission we were asked for a couple of documents we didn't expect, and tracking down originals took weeks. Ask for the full list on the first visit and keep two sets of photocopies.

1·5 Apr 2026·on Staying involved in our daughter's class 10 year when I'm away half of every month

My daughter is only five, so I have nothing on board exams. But I was the class 10 student once, in Karimnagar, with a father on shifts at the plant. What I remember is not how often he called. It is that he came for my practical exam day and waited outside for three hours. One or two days like that may count more than the weekly calls.