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2·29 Sept 2026·on Preschool calls at 11 to say she has a temperature. Who leaves work, and how do you decide?

mine is remote and my partner goes to client sites, so somehow it's always me. even on production call days. no fix, just saying 'the one at home goes' isn't fair either

0·16 Sept 2026·on Picked for the school throwball team, but practice clashes with the art class she loves

my daughter had a similar clash last year, dance and a school sports event. we let her pick and she chose the school thing because her friends were in it, then missed dance terribly. she went back after but lost her spot in the front row for the annual show. so i'd ask her what she'll miss more, not which one she likes more

1·4 Sept 2026·on Two boys a year apart, and every rakhi gets counted

tried the separate jobs idea yesterday with my daughter and her cousin at my parents' place. worked for the first hour. then they started comparing whose job was more important

0·21 Aug 2026·on sunscreen every morning, so today my 1 yr old did mine. with porridge

the real stuff is next. mine did my whole face in lipstick at 3, ten minutes before a call

1·30 Jul 2026·on Our lease ends next May, right in the middle of nursery admissions. Does a new address mess things up?

address only mattered for the bus for us. form had a distance from school line that nobody ever checked

2·17 Jul 2026·on What do people like about the early classes at Care Model High School in Nallakunta?

we're in nacharam so not too far from there. a neighbour's son did his early classes there and she always said it was the small sections and the teachers knowing every child by name. that was a few years ago though so things may have changed. no idea about transport from your side

3·5 Jul 2026·on Partner's back aches every night now. Is a pregnancy pillow worth it, or do regular pillows do the job?

had the c shaped one. loved it for the last few months and then used it as a feeding pillow after, so it earned its money. get one with a zip off cover, you'll be washing it more than you think

0·24 Jun 2026·on 4 year old won't eat anything if one food touches another on his plate

mine still eats her rice and curd separately at 8. stopped fighting it a long time ago 🤷 she eats, that's the main thing

1·20 Jun 2026·on Coming from CBSE, how different would class 7 be at Vidya Dayini High School in Champapet?

no experience with that school. my brother moved his son from cbse to state board in class 6, the maths was fine, the telugu took most of the first year and a tutor. worth asking the school what level the class 7 telugu paper is at

6·17 Jun 2026·on Leaving early for a school thing. Do you tell your team the real reason?

asked in standup is too much. i'd say 'family thing' and move on, people stop asking after the second time

3·3 Jun 2026·on IB DP subject form due next week. She wants HL art and only SL maths

no idea about IB levels but a kid who enjoys a subject usually does better in it than one who picked it to be safe. two years is a long time

3·1 Jun 2026·on Went to the Abids Sunday book market for school guides. Came back with 14 old comics

did you find the guides at least. every shop near us is out of class 3 workbooks already

2·30 May 2026·on Our son is one and we've opened an account for school costs. What did nursery cost beyond the fee?

Stationery lists. Every year. Twenty pencils for one child?

4·26 May 2026·on three weeks of split hours. i start at 7, my partner works 11 to 8, and we mostly meet in the corridor

scramble is the right word. ours settled once we stopped trying to make it fair every single day and looked at the week as a whole

0·12 May 2026·on neighbour drops her 8 yr old at ours 'for an hour' because i work from home. the hour is now three

tried it this afternoon. she said sure and came back at 5.15 with a box of sweets. so now i feel bad and it was still 3 hours