The Creche (day care) episode
When I came to Germany six months ago, I didn't have the slightest idea of what was in store for me with regards to the day care scenario for my boy. The day care system here is very different than in Indian. I had the responsibility of taking my lil boy to the day care, sitting with him there for some time and bringing him back and it was a different experience all together. My boy is a stranger friendly person, he doesn't get intimated with new faces. Initially he liked the new toys and new friends to play, but when he realized that he was going to be left alone there without me or his daddy, he started crying his heart out. It pained a lot to see him cry like this, but I thought, there is no way out. He will learn to be there. He will like it there. His care-taker took a lot of efforts on him. Language was the biggest barrier, which I thought was a hindrance in the feeling of being at home. I spoke to him some words in German, but basically, it was German the whole da...