One afternoon, a friend anxiously showed me a list she had downloaded from the internet titled “Things Every 3-Year-Old Should Know.” She looked worried because her...

A friend recently confessed that she had spent an entire weekend worrying after attending a birthday party. Her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter spoke only a handful of words...

A few months ago, I attended the birthday party of a friend’s two-year-old son. At first, he stood quietly beside his mother, watching the other children...

A close friend once admitted that becoming a parent had turned her into an expert at worrying. Every few weeks, she found herself comparing her daughter...

I recently visited a close friend’s home just before her daughter turned four. While we chatted over tea, her little girl quietly sat beside us with...

One morning, I accompanied a friend to drop her three-year-old daughter off at preschool. The little girl burst into tears the moment they reached the classroom...

The first time I witnessed a difficult preschool drop-off, I honestly thought something was terribly wrong. A close friend’s three-year-old daughter clung tightly to her mother’s...

A close friend once confessed something that many parents feel but rarely admit aloud. The night before her son’s first day of preschool, she had neatly...

I still remember meeting a parent outside a preschool in Mumbai just a week after her daughter had started school. Every morning ended with tears. Her...