Exam Time!
The nightmare of every mother's life is here, the dreaded 'exam time'. With the syllabus getting covered in the last minute and the teachers in a jiffy to do last-minute revisions, mommies everywhere are in a flurry of worry and anxiety. I can relate, being a mother of a "tween." The battle is ongoing and is not getting over anytime soon. This is a time when not just the students feel the pressure, but their mothers too feel the same pressure and stress. I am not making this gender-biased or favoring mothers; I am simply stating that fathers handle it with a more practical approach and are less concerned than their better halves. They, anyway, claim that their opposite gender always overthinks and are worried for nothing. Coming back to our warriors, read mothers, they must have gone through the same ordeal during their student days, and so empathize with their children. Having said that, the will to see their children succeed is what keeps them going. To top it a...