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What other infant animal cannot walk for the first year of life? Human babies have to find someone to attach to within hours of birth or they will not survive.

I have begun to realize that I view parents from a closed lens that is tainted with labels, presumptions and obstacles.

If a child steals a candy, they get a slap on the wrist. But if they steal 100 pieces? Do they get 100 tiny slaps, or one big punch to the face?

What we say to them when they are very young is not our reality 15 years later when we have also grown up in the new culture. But how will they know that?

She had an affinity for ‘50s and ‘60s Hindi music. In case you’re not familiar with this genre, it’s comprised mostly of coy ladies who sing in a tone so high it can sometimes only be heard by animals and the trained ears of my mom.

When we finally decide to take on the role of an older sibling, we are always at risk of being either too protective, a bad role model, or a hypocrite.

I had just gotten my first period. My mother’s words ended after the diaper instructions. I still had no clue what was happening.

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.

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.