The Nursery Admission Circus: A Tragicomedy Every Parent Knows

If parenting had a competitive exam, nursery admission season would be its first elimination round. No syllabus, no pattern, no logic—just blind hope, sleepless nights, and a lottery system that laughs quietly while parents slowly lose their sanity.

This year, we filled 14 school forms. Fourteen. That’s not a typo. Fourteen carefully researched schools, each promising holistic development, value-based education, and world‑class infrastructure—apparently all designed to politely reject us.

And the result?

✨ Got into none. ✨

The Great Indian Lottery: Comedy or Tragedy?

At some point, nursery admission stopped being an academic process and became KBC without Amitabh Bachchan. Except here, there’s no phone‑a‑friend, no lifeline, and definitely no consolation prize.

"It’s a transparent lottery system," they said.

"Fair and unbiased," they said.

Sure. And unicorns manage the paperwork.

The Eager Parent Olympics

Picture this: It’s the day of the draw.

We arrive at the school before the gate even opens—because clearly, punctuality might impress fate. Other parents are already there, pretending to be calm while secretly calculating probabilities like IIT aspirants.

The notice board goes up.

Parents rush forward.

Names are scanned with Olympic‑level focus.

Once. Twice. Thrice.

And then comes the quiet realization: your child’s name is not there.

Not on page one.

Not on page two.

Not even hiding creatively at the bottom.

Gone. Invisible. Like it never existed.

You stand there smiling awkwardly, congratulating strangers, while internally thinking:

“I carried original documents for this?”

Emotional Roller Coaster, No Safety Bar

Nursery admissions teach you many things:

Hope is dangerous

PDFs are emotionally triggering

WhatsApp parent groups should come with warning labels

Every notification feels like the message—until it isn’t.

Every school email starts with promise and ends with heartbreak.

And still, you refresh portals.

Because parenting comes with unreasonable optimism.

When Your Child Is Unbothered

The real plot twist?

Your child, the protagonist of this entire saga, is at home happily building towers with blocks—completely unaware that their future was decided by a lucky draw and a printer.

No stress.

No anxiety.

Just vibes.

Meanwhile, parents are questioning life choices.

The Lesson No One Talks About

Somewhere between rejection letters and silent car rides back home, you realize something:

This process isn’t judging your child.

It’s testing parents’ patience, resilience, and sense of humor.

And maybe—just maybe—it’s reminding us that:

A school doesn’t define a child

A lottery doesn’t measure potential

And parenting begins long before the first classroom

Until the Next Draw…

So here we are.

Rejected by 14 schools.

Accepted by reality.

We laugh because crying is overrated.

We joke because otherwise it hurts.

And we move on—because that’s what parents do.

After all, this is just the trailer.

The full movie is called “Raising a Child in India.” 🎬