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Notes from Mridula.
A letter on raising kind children, in every season.
Ages 6 to 8
Why I stopped saying because I said so
By Mridula Praveen
It took me twenty years and two children to learn that the four most damaging words I knew were also the easiest to reach for.
4 min read · Apr 24 2026
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Family
Twelve years between two children
By Mridula Praveen
A note on what I have learned watching my first child grow up while I begin again with my second.
5 min read · Apr 18 2026
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Ages 9 to 11
When your child stops needing you
By Mridula Praveen
The strange grief of a kind goodbye, and how to be there anyway.
6 min read · Apr 12 2026
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