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How I Lost My Kids to Technology (And Later Won Them Back)

One day you’re the centre of your children’s universe – and then suddenly, you’re not. You’re never quite prepared for the way technology steals them away from you. They sit, their faces aglow in the light of their phone screens, chuckling to themselves. Like my kids, my overactive imagination is not my friend either.

Ashwina Garg May 3, 2016

Modern Family

Mother Superior: Why Fatherhood Will Never Be Equal to Motherhood

Motherhood is starkly different from fatherhood. Fatherhood is like watching a movie on the couch; motherhood is like being in the movie. Only the movie is 300 and you are on the wrong side of the battlefield.

Anamika Tiwari April 30, 2016

Animals

Why We Should Let Our Children Grieve the Death of Their Pets

A month after our dog Poncho died, I went for the PTA to my daughter’s school. The class teacher told me she would blank out for long periods and sit in a corner weeping while her best friend hugged her. I had failed to address a significant milestone in her life – her first experience with death.

Sangeetha Bhaskaran April 28, 2016

Love and Sex

The Invisible Sex Life of New Parents

The sex life of new parents is like Donald Trump’s brain – it’s non-existent. If it does exist, it is rare, awkward, and revolves around the bowel movements of your child.

Vani Rane April 22, 2016

Modern Family

The Best Gift Today’s Mothers Can Give their Children is Some Unmonitored “Me Time”

The constant supervision to create a model kid, robs children of solitude: A solitude that will overwhelm them with its monotony before getting them to move their ass to experiment in the kitchen, scribble Rupi Kaur-like poetry on their notepads, and perhaps discover the true meaning of life.

Purba Ray April 20, 2016

People

Santa’s Open Letter to Us

Iciest regards from the North Pole! Santa has taken the time to pen down an open letter (as is the hottest fad these days) and it’s addressed straight to us.

Arré April 3, 2016

Modern Family

How I Mastered Parenthood, the Subtle Art of Not Giving a Damn

I’d judge mothers whose children would throw tantrums on flights. Only after I started flying with my hyper AF toddler, I felt their pain. I’d carry colouring books and an iPad to pacify him, and when nothing worked, I realised it’s best not to give a damn.

Vani Rane April 1, 2016

Modern Family

“Don’t Cut Your Nails at Night” and Other #FakeNews All Indian Parents Teach Their Children

As a child, were you told that whistling would lead to you losing your voice? Or that if someone hopped across your legs, you’d remain short? Our parents filled our heads with all sorts of vague “facts”, which we don’t question even after we grow up.

#VALUE! March 29, 2016

Modern Family

How My Mother and I Became Friends… After My Father Died

Loss exposes how unprepared you really are. When my father died, my mother and I couldn't imagine a life without him or one with each other. But grief makes you look at the bigger picture. My father’s death is the reason my mother and I are no longer strangers.

Pooja Barge March 27, 2016

Pop Culture

Mary Poppins Returns Review: A Whimsical Critique of the Big Bad Adult World

If the chief villain of Mary Poppins Returns is the big bad adult world, then the cutthroat bankers are its henchmen, and the dancing lamplighters its underdog heroes. The film illustrates the impact that collective action can have, even in the face of powerful institutions.

Kahini Iyer March 20, 2016