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kumarramu;77001I am not sure if we have separate thread to discuss R2I Kids Transition in terms of education and culture,

In my opinion, it is very difficult for the kids above 6 years, to adjust & compete in India born and brought up kids. Hope every one agree this,
Another concern is second language,

One option is to put them in International school.
Not sure it is worth paying in lakhs and lakhs. Are they good for kids' future in India?

Any other options, please share.. R2Ied people, please share your experience...[/quote]

nand;77016throw them in the deep end in a local school. they will learn to swim and it will toughen them up. Also in India there is a lot of pressure and pride in saying my kids are 1st in class etc. I was a very average student all through school, always in the middle or bottom of class but i made out ok. I will be perfectly happy for my kids to be in the middle, if not bottom, and scrape by, so long as they dont fail. With that mentality it wont be too hard for them. One thing though - make it a point to make them think and sharpen their brains that way. Give them attention and it will be enough. As USC they will get a 4 yr degree somewhere and in my experience there is no difference between a IIT or harvard grad and someone from a no name school once you are in a job. then it is up to you to prove yourself.[/quote]


I buy into this theory too...I will feel really bad, to push my kids to be the uno numero on the ranking system. I prefer, that the kids are well polised and all round, in sports, gym, other activities, etc.

Gone are the days, during our upbringing, where you have to be good, secure a med/eng school etc...

when our economy is firing on all cylinders, opportunity should be abound for our kids....

MrLong;77132I buy into this theory too...I will feel really bad, to push my kids to be the uno numero on the ranking system. I prefer, that the kids are well polised and all round, in sports, gym, other activities, etc.[/quote]

This is easier said than done, you can talk all sorts of "ideals" that you want sitting in US, when rubber meets the road in India you will be pushing your kids as hard as you can. Simple reason: In India Kids doing well in studies is a prestige issue, you cannot ignore when folks around you talk how good their kid performed in exams, or how good their kid ranked in IIT, I bet you will feel left out...sports, gym etc are just for namesake, they add "0" to you job prospects....

MrLong;77132
Gone are the days, during our upbringing, where you have to be good, secure a med/eng school etc... [/quote]

I doubt this is true, I still see same rush for JEE, CET coachings...you still need to be good to get into good college, with easy flow of information more good candidates are in field unlike 10yrs back when a small town fellow did not know which exams to appear in...

MrLong;77132
when our economy is firing on all cylinders, opportunity should be abound for our kids....[/quote]
with 100 crore+ heads competition can never be less.....

Old-Spice2;77282>>>And yes, if you want to live in India, try for CBSE or ICSE schools. No point in sheltering the kid in Intl School syllabus.[/quote]


Any comments from Parents who have their kids in these International schools? Since, I am sitting in US, I will not know the details...however, knowing how well my kids speak the local language, this will be a big concern.

I was hoping to take the easy route by skipping to local languages and opting French etc, for my kids upon my return.

any actual experiences will help me (and others, I hope) reset our expectations.

snow;78336I am not sure if we have separate thread to discuss R2I Kids- health


We make short trips to India every 1- 1 1/2 years. Everytime we go to India we get travel shorts given to our daughter who is 5 now. Since those were short trips we never had any health related problems for her. Now we are planning to R2I this nov. We heard from few of our friends who moved to India that R2I kids will always have some health problems, is this correct?


R2Ied people, please share your experience...[/quote]
This is not a big problem. It depends on how you take care of the kids. If the kids eat the food you provide, use bottled water etc, they won't run into health issues except common cold which even in US they will get from the classroom kids.