That Kinda Guy

Thomas was flying out for a couple of days. He hugged Yehoshua and me goodbye.     Zach was sleeping. So he missed the ‘tada’.   AtRead More

Get Up and Step Aside

I am going to spell it out. Unless you have debilitating back problem,  Give the pregnant woman a seat.  If you see a mother carrying aRead More

The Number Game

When exams get done, marks come home. I have a joke about how my son loves his teachers so much that he leaves them a fewRead More

Lessons in Gratitude and Happiness

My son loves salami and sausages. Yesterday, there was salami for breakfast. No sausages. Today there were sausages. And a boiled egg. There was even ‘Poori‘ which with nutellaRead More

Turf Wars at Home

When my brother got married, things hardly changed in our house.Mom used to buy things in two for her girls. Now she bought three of everything.EarlierRead More

My Turn

We moved from Nigeria to Gurgaon when I was in first grade and to Bahadurgarh in less than a year. There were no large conversationsRead More

Raising Boys to Men

Since my last post Because I Worry, I’ve been sitting with a persistent question—how do we raise children who understand boundaries, rejection, failure, and respect?

A movie, a memory, a moment with my son—everything is pointing to one thing: we have to start the conversation now. About sex, consent, failure, gender, media, anger, and how all of it affects our kids.

This post isn’t a checklist—it’s a work-in-progress from a home like yours.
Twelve thoughts. One intention: raise better humans.

Let’s begin, one uncomfortable conversation at a time.