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3·24 Oct 2026·on Grandparents want our 2 year old's ears pierced before Diwali

our elder did it at 8 because she wanted to match a friend. younger one refused till 9 and then wanted it the same week as her best friend. grandparents survived both

0·8 Aug 2026·on Is tuition worth it just to get a class 8 child through The Merchant of Venice?

answer format is the real thing in icse lit. my elder one struggled till her teacher shared one model answer and showed where the marks were. after that she managed without tuition

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

we sent our elder one at 5, mostly because her building friends were all going. she liked it for the snacks and the company. the writing i couldn't see any difference in. stopped after a few months when it clashed with swimming

2·13 Jun 2026·on Fair way to handle a caregiver asking for a raise after three months?

years back when ours were small we had a nanny before daycare. she asked at 3 months too. we said yes to part of it and promised a review at 6 months. kept the review. she stayed till we moved them to daycare