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0·22 Oct 2026·on My 2 year old's Malayalam is all bath and bedtime. His food words are Telugu

Same split at our place with a 2 year old, only with English. His English is all daycare things, 'line', 'wash hands', 'tiffin', and almost none of it comes home. Do you get any meals with him on weekdays, or is it only dinner?

1·15 Oct 2026·on My 15 year old now keeps the murukku on top of the fridge so I can't reach it

Buy a second tin and hide it in your own cupboard. He doesn't need to know.

2·8 Oct 2026·on How do you decide what goes to the paediatrician and what the family can settle?

We settled on a rough rule with the younger one: anything about eating, sleeping, or her not seeming like herself went to the doctor. For everything else, whoever was doing that job decided. The person giving the bath picked the oil. It cut out a lot of discussion.

0·17 Sept 2026·on Coach says my 14 year old has 'potential' for the 400m. Potential for what, exactly?

Ask for her current 400m time and what the district qualifying time is. Then you'll know how far off she is and whether it's a one-year or three-year thing.

3·5 Sept 2026·on She reads the class 2 reader aloud perfectly and can't tell me what happened in it

We stopped asking at the end. One small question after each page, like 'why is he hiding?'. Shorter answers, but she started following the story.

2·30 Aug 2026·on Toddler hits me when I come home late, and only me

Ours did this to me after long work weeks. I'd catch the hand, say "gentle" and show him a stroke on my cheek. It didn't stop quickly but the hitting got shorter. Is she at daycare the whole day?

2·21 Aug 2026·on she wants to come along on my bengaluru work trip. she's 8 and i'd be in demos for 3 hours

Not alone in a hotel room for three hours at 8, no. Is there anyone you know in Bengaluru who could take her for the demo slot? If not, I'd go without her and plan a day out together when you're back.

3·13 Aug 2026·on Class 10 science. Is NCERT enough, or do we need the reference books the tuition keeps adding?

Is the third book for the board exam, or for some olympiad or test series the centre also runs? At ours (younger kids, maths) the extra books always turned out to be for their own tests.

3·29 Jul 2026·on Still playing weekend doubles while pregnant, and my partners treat me like glass

I kept playing till my doctor told me to scale down. After that my partner and I did slow singles drills on Sunday mornings instead of matches. Kept the routine, lost the fuss.

4·8 Jul 2026·on Could we skip pre-nursery altogether and apply straight for nursery?

Our elder went straight into nursery, no pre-nursery. Got a seat at the second school we tried. Planning the same for our younger one.

2·6 Jul 2026·on 15 year old wants to do a football refereeing course. Anyone's teen tried this?

How many hours a weekend does it take once they start getting matches? At 15, with class 10 coming, that would be my first question.

0·2 Jul 2026·on When did you register at a hospital for the delivery? We haven't picked one yet

Did yours want the registration done in person, or could it be done online?

3·19 Jun 2026·on She wakes from every afternoon nap crying, and it takes twenty minutes to settle her

Our little one went through this. Turned out the room got too warm by afternoon. Once we ran the fan a bit higher, the crying got shorter. Worth checking in this weather.

0·3 Jun 2026·on First week back and the teacher says half the class has forgotten subtraction

The vegetable shop idea is good, she already likes paying. Will try it this weekend.

1·27 May 2026·on 5 year old granddaughter is dry all day but still in a pull-up at night at our place

Did you cut down water in the evening, or leave it as it was? My elder one took a while too, and I've wondered since whether that would have made any difference.

3·18 May 2026·on My daughter has started 'helping' her brother with his worksheets. She reads the question, he writes her answer

Different rooms until his sheet is done. Then she can check it if he wants her to. If he says no, that's the end of it.

1·9 May 2026·on thinking we might move her for class 3. not this june, the one after. when do people start looking?

Do schools let you visit on a normal day, though? Our school only lets parents in for open house and PTMs. Did yours?

3·22 Apr 2026·on How do you stop relatives kissing a one month old on the face?

Carrier or wrap when visitors are expected. If he's on you, people admire from a distance. Worked better for us than asking.

2·12 Apr 2026·on Choosing daycare for our baby. Separate infant room, or one room for all ages?

Turning up early is the only check that works. Did they mind?