I cannot begin to tell you how many times I've gone out shopping, or to dinner or whatever and seen the mother prepped up on a chair talking to no one (or her husband) and completely oblivious to what's going on with her children. So who's caring for the kids? Well the housemaid of course! She's the one pushing them around in the cart, feeding them at Mc Donalds, watching them & taking them around Magic Planet to play... everything!

Even at home (and not just for working mothers) the children spend most of their time with the housemaid and barely see their mom. Oh the name 'mom' is there for her... but she sure isn't acting like one! I've known kids who were attached to their housemaids like I don't know what; that's the result of this.

Mothers should be doing their job as a MOTHER. You feed your own kid, you clean them, bathe them, take them shopping, play with them .. all of it. When I have kids I will most definitely care of them myself, housemaids are for cleaning... I bore them I'll raise them too!

A working mother cannot look after her kids 24 hours a day.. she got to quit her job in order to take good care of'em:yes:

Those i saw staying with family of 3 or 4 children were part of the family: stayed with children in morning when mothers out for work and collaborated with the mum for the rest of day and night in complete harmony. Til things keeps like that i see no harm in it. Also here in Europe is the same, some tends to shoot the baby away and some others care of them with the help of nannies or housemaids.
Most important is that there's no confusion between roles but if done as i saw in Oman, is fine.

Fully Agreed with Enigma.
No matter how much work the mother does, she should always make the time for her kids.

I whish every working woman will calculate at the end of her life, what did she gain by working, and what would she had gain by raising her children.

For the housemaid problem, I think that this produced by:
Lots of money + weak education, "Illiteracy"

Hope I didn't heart anyone!

You know, I think this filipino 'housemaid-nanny-mother' role is only that obvious in gulf countries. in most other places, if a kid's mom is at a mall w/ the kid, the nannies don't come along because the kid's real mom is there. in places like oman, women are becoming negligent of their duties as mothers.

i guess all the money and nobility's gettin to them. :no:

A working mother cannot look after her kids 24 hours a day.. she got to quit her job in order to take good care of'em

This is true to an extent.

But you know, this is really sad. Raising kids is a big responsibitly unfortunately, some mothers don't seem to realize that.

In libya, having a house maid is bad! BAD! it's like sooo 3aib!

I dont think anyone has a house maid and if they do, its well known that the daughters of that family would never get married, no one would propose to them cuz "what the hell do they do at home if the housemaid does everything??" thats how libyans think.

Mothers should be doing their job as a MOTHER. You feed your own kid, you clean them, bathe them, take them shopping, play with them .. all of it. When I have kids I will most definitely care of them myself, housemaids are for cleaning... I bore them I'll raise them too!

I totally agree with you about raising your kids. but housemaids are for cleaning?? What is the wife for then?? only raising her kids??

I read the other day that the reason the divorce rate in the gulf is getting higher and higher every year is cuz the husband has no reason to love his wife, for she doesnt cook for him, iron his clothes, cleans his house... someone else does.

So, the more you do for your husband and for your family, the stronger the relationship gets.

I totally agree with u mothers should be mothers , no housemaid can replace a mother's duty !

but come-on Guys give the mother break!! 24/7th she has to look after her kids!!
isnt she a human being doesnt she need a time out!!

my sister has a small child but i strongly encourage her to Go out , have little time for herself , i babysit him while she is out... they need that i've seen it how depressing it could get, u dont get to sleep at night sometimes u dont even have the time to shower!!

am not encouraging the idea of housemaids , actually am anti-housemaids but i dont see anything wrong with working mothers leaving her kids at her parent's house!
maybe i wont do that :D i might quit my job when am a mother .. but lets not be too harsh on mothers its a huge responsibility with lots of hard work.