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1·24 Oct 2026·on Son doesn't want to leave his friends, we're considering Sri Gayatri e-Techno near home

Did they allow that for you? We asked two schools last year for our son, and one said yes straight away while the other said only after admission was confirmed. It is worth asking early.

1·20 Oct 2026·on Cricket academy added 6 am sessions and school mornings have fallen apart

Following. Son is 12 too.

2·13 Oct 2026·on What questions got you honest answers about an ordinary school day

We did something similar and asked to sit quietly in a corner for twenty minutes of an ordinary class. Two places agreed and one said it was not possible. That refusal told us something as well, although we never found out whether it was a rule or just that day. Did you find most schools open to a short observation, or mostly not?

1·1 Oct 2026·on Rethinking my daughter's afternoon instead of sending a bigger snack box

We had a version of this when our son was in class 2 and 3. The snack was never the real issue; he needed a stretch of time where no adult was instructing him. The question we got stuck on was what rest actually means. Does she rest if left alone, or does it turn into screen time? For us it turned into the tablet within a week, and we had to decide that separately.

2·31 Oct 2025·on Two children now want separate private corners

I would also let each child decide when to tell family stories instead of retelling them myself.

0·13 Oct 2025·on He wants privacy and his younger brother is always listening

A short walk after dinner helped us. Nobody had to announce it was a serious talk.

0·11 Oct 2025·on The game starts just when our screen time ends

Ask her which days the group actually plays. “Everyone is online late” may only mean Fridays.

0·8 Oct 2025·on How do you discuss growing up without an audience?

I would apologise for the public question first. That may matter more than choosing a new setting.

0·4 Oct 2025·on He wants privacy and I keep treating silence as a problem

The closed-door questions are exactly what I am doing.