Pregnancy & Parenting

 Ten year Jack was a late talker. At first, his mother thought Jack’s language delay was typical of boys “who talk later than girls”, but when he turned 4 years old, and still not speaking in complete sentence, she started getting worried. Jack has now been diagnosed as having receptive and expressive language delays causing “developmental” learning disabilities in classroom setting. Jack has difficulty finding words and often uses them in the wrong place. He prefers to use gestures when talking, and tries to avoid verbal communication as far as possible.

 “Chandru is a born genius you see. He unravels the puzzles in a jiffy. Give him any gizmo he is at it mastering all its functions “. “Music comes naturally to Meenu. The swaras, alaps in higher octaves is a treat to hear”. “You must see it, to believe it. My second son Raju, has gone one up than his brother Bharath in cricket. He is going to be the future “Sachin” for India”. These are often heard idle boasts of ideal parents. The more we hear, the more we detest. You can’t blame them. In their enthusiasm to provide everything to their children they go overboard.