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0·24 Oct 2026·on Keeping school research separate from family pressure

Ask about eligibility, calendar and application steps, then evaluate them against your priorities.

0·18 Oct 2026·on The long division method is different from mine

Ask the child to show the classroom method before offering your own.

0·16 Oct 2026·on The eraser is doing more work than the pencil

A rough-work page helped because nothing written there had to look presentable.

0·5 Oct 2026·on My 14yo is fine with me talking to her class teacher, on the condition that some things stay at home

My daughter sat in for the first ten minutes and then went out, so she heard exactly how I framed it. After that she trusted me with the rest. Her paati still thinks we shouldn't have told the school anything, but that's a separate story.