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Twinkle Khanna on modern-day parenting: 'Our mothers had it much easier'
Updated On: 04 December, 2025 10:19 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
During the launch of her book Mrs Funnybones, Twinkle Khanna had a humorous response when asked how she monitors her children`s screen time by the audience
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Crying is the only thing that works. That`s the candid advice author, columnist and humourist Twinkle Khanna has for mothers struggling to calibrate screen time for their children. Because that`s what she has done too. Discussing the challenges of modern-day parenting on Monday night during the launch of her book Mrs Funnybones Returns, the former actor and mother to 23-year-old Aarav and 13-year-old Nitara said she has sometimes found herself in tears. "I cry, if that helps. I stand at the doorstep and cry. I think that`s the only solution I can offer," she said in response to a question from the audience on how she manages time and screen time with her children.
Tongue firmly in cheek, Khanna said she once tried to bribe the wifi-router guy Mansukh bhai and told her children that the wifi had crashed but realised that was not the long term solution. "Crying is the only thing that works," Khanna, who is married to actor Akshay Kumar, said. Recalling her own childhood with sister Rinke and star mother Dimple, Khanna said the times have changed. Back in the day, their mother just had to ensure they ate, had their glass of milk, did their homework, oiled their hair and made two braids. "If you could manage all that, your work was done. There was nothing more you needed to do. What they did after that didn`t matter. My sister and I used to run and go to the beach where we had an account with a very dubious man who would give us free drinks in exchange for nothing, at least, luckily for us at that point of time.
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