Bringing up kids ...

I was talking with a very good friend of mine yesterday after a looong time, and we were chatting about a bunch of different things .... And one of the topics we talked about (though neither of us has any first hand experience with it) was the difficulty of bringing up kids in today's world ...

We were exchanging horror stories about what goes on in the "elite" schools in Chennai.

- Kids carrying around 50,000 rupees in cash to school
- A birthday party for a seven year old where every child invited gets a cell phone
- Foreign holidays becoming the norm, with children holidaying in india being looked down upon

Things are becoming more and more difficult for children growing up in India - A sudden spurt in prosperity without the benefit of experience and gradual maturity is creating a crazy situation that I cannot even describe completely.

I always thought that it was much easier to bring children up in India .... That children brought up in the US would be confused (ABCD's) and that they would be so conflicted that they would never be able to have a normal life. I dont think this is true any more ... Children in Chennai are as confused as the ABCD's ...

India really isnt the staid, comforting haven that I can go back to ... Money has changed it all ...