Edu Research & Insights

 - A Dutch mother, Ivana, recently shared her experiences living in Mumbai for nine years, highlighting seven key differences between parenting in India. She emphasises that neither approach is "better" or "worse," but rather they involve different trade-offs.  Key Differences in Parenting: According to her viral reflections on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWJv7RLDM-z/), the primary contrasts include: * Community vs. Solo Marathon: In the Netherlands, parenting often feels like a "solo marathon". In Mumbai, she experiences a "real village" where family, neighbours, and the building community are always available to help. * Independence vs. Interdependence: Dutch culture raises children to be "fierceley independent," such as cycling to school alone at age eight. Indian parenting focuses on interdependence and being part of a larger, supportive system. * Child-Friendly Public Spaces: She notes that children in India are acce...

 - *We Too Had Our Own Era* There was no concept of kindergarten. After the age of six, we simply went to school on our own. There was no practice of being dropped off by bicycle or bus. Our parents never feared that something bad might happen if we went to school alone. 🤪 All we understood was Pass or Fail. Percentages had nothing to do with us. 😛 If someone said they had joined tuition classes, it felt embarrassing… because people would mock them as being dull or weak in studies. 🤣🤣🤣 We firmly believed that by keeping leaves from trees or peacock feathers inside our books, we would become intelligent. ☺️☺️ Arranging books and notebooks in a cloth bag, and later in a tin school box with a chain, was our own little creative skill. 😁 Every year, before filling the school bag for the new class, covering our books and notebooks felt like an annual festival in our lives. 🤗 At the end of the year, selling old books and buying second-hand ones never felt embarrassing to us. 🤪 For...