As my son is finishing primary school, I am trying to learn how to seize the day while letting go | Ranjana Srivastava

When I drive him to his first day of high school, I'll insist he talk to me to keep him off his new phone just a bit longer. I'll relish that sliver of time

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If your child doesn't know mine, you won't have heard that I am the world's worst parent ever - frequently clueless, mostly bossy, and totally unfair.

Wait, you say, that's me! And while I won't ask what crimes you committed to deserve the title, mine is a series of annoying expectations (homework before screen, clothes off the floor, feed the dog) capped by the monumental sin of declining to buy my child a phone until he finished primary school.

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