The first duty towards children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
Bio: Suketu Mehta is a writer based in New York City. He was born in Kolkata, India, and raised in Mumbai where he lived until his family moved to the New York area in 1977. He has attended New York University and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.