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6 Things Grown-Ups Expect Kids to do But Don’t Do Themselves

6 Things Grown Ups Expect their Kids to do that they themselves don’t

Amrita Gandhi
Fun
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The Things Adults Say to Kids but Don’t Do Themselves
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The Things Adults Say to Kids but Don’t Do Themselves
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We know why you want your phone back(Image: Arnica Kalra://TheQuint)

Surprise surprise, these days we are told that screen time is bad for us but really what parents are cribbing about is that they want their phones back from their kids, so that they can be on the phones themselves.

Admit it, even you would rather eat donuts(Image: Arnica Kalra://TheQuint)

Yes of course parents would love their kids to eat their saag, tinda and kaddu but at end of a long day at work, guess who is ordering for pizza delivery?

so much for getting your work done(Image: Arnica Kalra://TheQuint)

Ahem..parents last time I checked you were surfing the net in the middle of your work and therefore never getting done with your work.

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yup guess who also has enough clothes(Image: Arnica Kalra://TheQuint)

Just last Sunday you were doing some online shopping for things you don’t really need and have so many clothes that you don’t really wear so please ease up on the lecture when I want to go to the mall ? And do I really need to be made to feel guilty about how ‘privileged’ I am? Last time I checked your closet didn’t look like it felt very guilty.

five more minutes and I’ll be having breakfast in the car again!(Image: Arnica Kalra://TheQuint)

Late for for school again because guess who hit the snooze alarm and then gave me my my breakfast in the car?

Trust me, this water filter service guy isn’t coming back(Image: Arnica Kalra://TheQuint)

It wasn’t me that lost her cool with the Aquaguard service wala when he came at lunch time and said you had to get a new contract !

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Published: 14 Nov 2018,09:54 AM IST

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