"the unbearable lightness of being" (a parent)
April 9, 2010
“Your magazine is so serious!” a mom called to tell me on the phone today. Her not-so-subtle criticism came
“Your magazine is so serious!” a mom called to tell me on the phone today. Her not-so-subtle criticism came
Take a moment to think. In being part of the hip and happening generation with powerful technology literally at your fingertips, are you really living life to the full?
I feel Facebook is a boon. I don’t feel lonely anymore for I can enter people’s lives without being answerable, without being judged.
“Has your daughter done anything that shocked you?” No matter how permissive a parent we try to be, there is always a moment that jolts us.
It started off with people you didn’t really like. ‘Request’ seems to be a polite way of saying, “Do this or you’re in big trouble.”
Most South Asian parents believe their child is not sexually active. (“Our daughter is much smarter than other girls her age.”) Like it or not, the chances that your child has had a taste of the forbidden paan is a fairly safe conclusion (one can only hope that they, too, were safe).
Jaspreet is an 18-year-old high school senior in New York City. There is a side to Jaspreet her parents don’t know about. And if they did, they might not ever speak to her again.
A Bible parable about a rich man, a fool, and the grains that got the best of him.
It’s never easy to fill a box. Whether it’s a text box in a blog post or a lunchbox
“Your parents should know how to behave.” There we are, at one of the most romantic locations in India, having our first marital discord. In an Indian love marriage, by the time everyone gets on board, one wonders if there is any love left.
“In an Indian culture there is more closeness, involvement and warmth.” South Asian Parent talks to Sheila Natesan about her son’s cross-cultural marriage to an American.
The first we heard of a potentially serious relationship between our daughter, Indian by origin and broadly Hindu in religious inclination, and her friend, of Pakistani origin and Muslim by religion of birth, was through her email.