http://desicritics.org/ Superior South Asian bloggers on Culture, Media, Politics, Sport, Business, and Technology. en Copyright 2006 by the authors Mon, 4 Jun 2007 16:14:06 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss BC custom software http://desicritics.org/2007/06/03/003955.php#comment-212450 Dhivya, could you add one more to your list? Parents shouldn't be allowed to invite people over and then show them 2 hour videos of their kids performing at some dance function or the other. It's excruciating enough to watch, but then you have to enthusiastically praise each move. 212450@desicritics.org Mon, 4 Jun 2007 16:14:06 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/03/003955.php#comment-212200 Hi @GS Yes I read that post recently and somehow it remained at the back of my head. And while at dinner I realised his angst :) and decided to pen it down and second his opinion...Mr Sanghvi obviously has worded it better and he compares the indian kids to foregin kids as well... Thanks 212200@desicritics.org Mon, 4 Jun 2007 02:32:06 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/03/003955.php#comment-212196 This article is too similar to a piece by Vir Sanghvi in the Mint last week. Coincidence ? Here is the article in question: http://www.livemint.com/2007/05/26002816/Honey-I-lost-the-kids-I-thin.html 212196@desicritics.org Mon, 4 Jun 2007 02:15:07 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/03/003955.php#comment-212038 Oh, so he doesn't get the Ritalin either, huh? ;) Sorry, couldn't resist. 212038@desicritics.org Sun, 3 Jun 2007 16:40:01 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/03/003955.php#comment-212035 ROFL! I've got a five year old boy and the last thing I'd ever do is take him to a swanky restaurant on Saturday night! So pliss don't shoot me! 212035@desicritics.org Sun, 3 Jun 2007 16:36:12 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/03/003955.php#comment-211797 Dhivya.... I have had multiple similar experiences. The other day a kid (with mom and dad) landed up at my home and in a moment was all over the sofa scribbling all kinds of stuff. I have a very high tolerance for kids but not my wife and she was fuming.....but kya karen...bacche hain....The irony is the parents were unwilling to even mildly rebuke the kid...it was after multiple other disasters that the father confronted the kid......whew. I am not sure about the ban, but i do think parents need to take up more responsibility and manage their kids well..... rgds 211797@desicritics.org Sun, 3 Jun 2007 03:19:33 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/03/003955.php#comment-211788 Wow, that kid really bugged you, huh? :D Yeah, I dont think handbag diving is part of "kids being kids". That's just a kid who needs a time out and a long talk about touching things that don't belong to other people. That said, I don't think parents should be barred from taking their kids out although yes, don't take the kids on an evening show and try and get them something that'll occupy them when you take them to places where they will be bored. I'll do that when I have a brat or two, too! 211788@desicritics.org Sun, 3 Jun 2007 02:13:16 EDT