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0·15 Oct 2026·on Class 9 son plays cricket four evenings a week. Cut it now, or wait for class 10?

depends on the school. my daughter is in 7th and projects already take two evenings a week some weeks. 9 won't be lighter.

3·30 Sept 2026·on My 11 year old asked how much I earn, at the dinner table, with her cousins listening

update: she did the month's bills with a calculator, went very quiet at the school fee, and has switched off the geyser twice since. calling that a win

0·29 Sept 2026·on My 11 year old asked how much I earn, at the dinner table, with her cousins listening

bills is a good idea. she'll say i'm dodging. we'll do it tonight with the grocery list and the school fee receipt

0·26 Sept 2026·on School bus tracking app wants access to contacts and files. Did anyone say no?

different school but same kind of app. denied contacts and photos, location only while using. tracking works fine, only the 'share trip' button complains

0·15 Sept 2026·on leave at 6 for theatre, she wakes at 6.15. wake her early or let it go?

we moved our son's wake-up by half an hour once and it took a month to undo. bedtime bends much more easily than mornings

2·11 Sept 2026·on My 12 year old's group has dropped one girl, and my daughter is going along with it

my daughter was the one left out, last year. what she remembered afterwards wasn't the group, it was the one girl who still walked to the bus with her. so even the small thing counts. i'd tell your daughter that, without naming anyone.

2·23 Aug 2026·on No more hugs at the school gate. She's 11 and I'm taking it badly

ours stopped at the gate too but still wants one at bedtime. gate hugs are public property now, bedtime ones are private. you may find the same

2·9 Aug 2026·on What should I check before my 13 year old joins an outdoor climbing group?

in bengaluru the better outdoor groups won't take a kid outside till they've done a few months indoors with them first. my 11 yr old did a summer course at a wall here and they were very strict about it. if this group takes her straight to the rocks after two sessions somewhere else, i'd ask why

3·30 Jul 2026·on Pregnancy brain hit at board game night. I couldn't explain a game I taught everyone

two kids later and i still can't remember the rules of anything. you just get better at pretending to read the box

3·27 Jul 2026·on Second pregnancy, and my partner travels most weeks. When did the work trips stop for you?

agree. second time round the birth was the easy bit to plan. my elder's school mornings were what fell apart. we ended up with a list of three people who could do the drop at short notice and used all three

1·3 Jul 2026·on Online physics tuition at 9 pm with a teacher in Chennai. She likes it, I don't like the hour

you could ask the teacher whether she'd move one of the three nights to a weekend morning. two late nights is easier than three

0·29 Jun 2026·on New seating chart puts her next to the boy who teased her all of last year

give her a week. sometimes the teasing was a crowd thing, and sitting alone with her he turns out to be a normal boy who needs an eraser. if not, the two-line message.

4·23 Jun 2026·on Kitchen knife a 5 year old can really chop with? She's done with the plastic one

the damp cloth under the board is the real tip here. my 11 year old still sends the board skating across the counter when i'm not looking

2·15 Jun 2026·on Our 14 year old wants to ride the colony scooty with her friends. Inside the gates only, she says

the empty ground idea is good. the hard part is finding an empty ground in this city