Are we doing more harm to the development of our children with a nanny than raising our children ourselves?
The podcast.
Here is what we used to get started with the conversation.
Is it time to end the nanny culture in the UAE?
Here is what you thought.
we
have agreed that whatever keeps my wife busy can be done by the maid
but our daughter is priority. Maids can't teach kids, it's unfair to our
kids. Uzair
Why
would they blame them selfs if child grown up not properly when they
can push the blame to the maid... But I'm not a judge. Reema
It
is every child's birth right to be taken care and to be brought up by
their parents. Parents are the first teachers in a Childs life. It's the
law ofnature whether it's humans or animals. - Sunil Edwin
Most parents are treating maid as slaves front of the kinds and so sad to see those little one behaving towards maids.
I
understand your point James, about working parents, but in my life, we
rearranged our priorities and needs and hence my wife became a home
maker sincethe day our only child was born and she still is - Sunil
I
think the bigger issue is the continuous rise in the cost of living
coupled with stagnant wages meaning both parents need to go to work to
get by. Forgenerations families could survive on a single salary. Not
any more. Central bank policies intentionally target inflation, while
the workforce has grownand kept a lid on wages. The obsession with
shopping for stuff you don't need also plays a role. Buy less, spend
more time with your kids! Mark.
We
have to qualify two things one is do we refer to Nanny or maid. Second,
how much time is spent by nanny or parent on child care. Most if not
all parent are smart these days and they allocate appropriate time for
their kids. My wife spent most of the time with the kids and the maid
clean the house. Butthere are few occasions where we leave our kids with
the nanny because we have to attend to meetings or party. One
consideration we made was to hire an educated nanny and we have to train
the nanny and maid. In some cases nanny with proper education are
acceptable. After all they become part of the household. I will not
characterize the maid as picking a melon. There are means to determine
whether the nanny is qualified or trustworthy.
Coming
purely from the negative side - as a teacher in the UAE for 2.5 years, I
have seen many children hold an absolute and total lack of respect for
entire demographics as they see these groups as 'helpers', 'nannies',
'maids' and 'drivers' first, and people second. It's heartbreaking and
only deepens the social divide that already exists here at times. Great
debate. Thanks, Dan.
4000 for my kids school fee and then another 3000 for the trainee nanny . That means I need a night job
Dear
Dr James, extremely important topic. leaving the children entirely to
nannies or housemaids is a disservice not only to children but also to
the Nation's future. We are becoming lazy in this respect. Children in
total care of nannies ( their servants !)do not learn to respect elders.
Farooque
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