Financing Tips: Change is Adaptable Once Understood

By Parag Nevatia No: We all started hearing this word as we were growing up from the cusp of our pre-teens into our early adult life. It seemed like it was the end of the world when we heard this word from our parents. Fast forward, when we became parents, we went through that all over again with our own children. I have a 12-year-old going on 20. I feel, and I’m sure most of the parent readers will agree, that many times it’s our own guilt which makes us give in to accepting the faults of our children. By the way, we don’t admit it to ourselves so easily. So what is the significance of this special word No? Why can’t we say Yes instead? Does Yes reveal a weakness or surrendering? Or maybe it’s just not ok to surrender as a parent. So we tend to succumb, maybe at a later time, while some others just claim to demonstrate valor by being principally correct or proper in their own way. Those who stand up against it, and don’t throw their towels in, are not really afraid of the consequences. So which is better, subtle succumb or a flat out no. We are going to talk about such things in this week’s column, but turn the direction towards Financing. So imagine the time in early 2000s, when small...

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