The real trouble begins when severely jet-lagged parents explain the critical importance of holding hands while visiting Delhi's hectic, early-morning wholesale flower market to an equally jet-lagged three year old. While most parents opt for a calm reasoned explanation about a busy market with lots of people, we found that toddlers with active imaginations seem to respond best to threats like you will be "smashed to bits by a car" or "gobbled up by an awful monster".
Threats are great but so are bribes. Here are a few of our favorites from our week in Delhi:
- If you sit in your seat on the plane with your seat belt fastened without crying you may have a single M&M. (Repeat until fasten seat belt sign is off.)
- If you let Mommy and Daddy finish their [tea, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack] in peace we will take you to play at [insert name of Delhi's various parks here - I can assure you we know many now].
- You can only have a chocolate ice cream if you eat your french fries. (Yes, this does count as a nutritional low for us.)
If the Internet-connection Gods are willing I will be sharing some of the high points over the next few days as we head in to our final week in Northern India!






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