From this balcony, I can tell you it's less about age and more about suddenly becoming the family's small, silent accountant. You notice which parent now counts coins for milk, which is a heavy maths for a child. My cousin in Guwahati, just ten, started stammering after his parents split—not from the fighting, but from holding all the unspoken bills and worries. Kids don't get to be kids; they become keepers of the quiet gaps, bhaiti.
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