Last Saturday, my younger son's(karthik) class had a parents-teacher meeting.  His teacher was stressing the fact that the kids must become fluent in conversing in English.  She also asked all the parents to make sure that we speak with our children in English at home too.  On Sunday morning, both the kids woke up enthusiastically and were very noisy and mischievous.  My father-in-law got irritated and shouted at them in Tamil (our mother tongue).  Karthik stopped him and said " Grandpa, do not scold us in Tamil, this is english house, nobody should talk in tamil".
So is the impact of the teacher on my child.

Two days back , it was Janmaastami, celebrated as the birthday of Lord Krishna.  We had made elaborate arrangements for the pooja.  In the evening,  offerings were made to the idol of Lord Krishna and my kids were told about the significance of this day.  Karthik promptly pointed out, "Why don't we buy a cake and celebrate his birthday, just as we do mine and Anna's?"  I had to agree on this point and had to promise him that from next year we will do that way too.  Or else, he would have continued his battle for celebrating Krishna's birthday...

This is my first post. I am a proud mother of two kids Vignesh, aged six and a half and Karthik, aged four years. My elder son had been very quiet until he saw his younger one, and then started to be mischievous in a silent manner.Most of the time, Karthik would be caught by me for no fault of his; he would have done things that his brother had told. Just a few days back, I was telling my husband that my driver has been taking leave often, and hence I find it difficult to cope up with him. My husband had been again and again been telling me to start driving. I told him that the Chennai traffic, that too, during peak hours, has really been making me terrified to take the car along with the kids. I was telling that I was not able to concentrate fully on driving. Immediately, Karthik said, "Mom, don't worry. I will sit on your lap and take care of the steering. You just take care of the rest (gear, accelerator, clutch and brakes)". We were taken aback by his idea!