He woke up on his own, had his breakfast, kept out the trash to be collected, lined the dustbins with the bin bags, made his bed, had his bath, got ready and quietly went for his 10 am Accounts tuition. When I woke, my son had done all this and gone for his class.

That’s the beauty of having a grown-up child. Teens are labeled as irresponsible and brash, especially the sons. But when you put your efforts in inculcating the right values and making them responsible, the teens can turn out to be excellent human beings. Labeling any stage of the child or gender and generalizing it is wrong. Be it toddlers, teens, or sons..