HONEY, WE SHRUNK THE KIDS

A mother of two boys on what the hit show Adolescence taught her

- BY RESHMA ADARSH

A mother of two boys—Ayaan, 12, and Aaryan, 8—I am still learning how to navigate their ever-changing moods.

In my childhood, our evenings after school were spent roaming from one friend’s house to another, playing badminton on each other's garden and climbing trees, all without adult supervision. The sun had to set for us to return home, but our parents were never worried. My childhood seems blissfully simple when I compare it with my boys’.