ah bear,
i will make the reservations,it's jz a call so no trouble at all.
Did anyone read yday's article in the Straits Time-Babies?No money,no time,say HK couples
and also this article fr Reuters.
Since some of u r planning for a kid in the near future.Wat r ur child care arrangements will be like when both the couples r at work?PILs,nanny,maid etc?
Share ur thots pls.
Maids, day-care hurt Singapore kids' mental health By Wee Sui Lee
Wed Oct 18, 8:04 AM ET
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Children who are cared for at day-care centers, by foster parents or maids are twice as likely to develop mental health problems than those cared for by their parents, researchers in Singapore said.
Their study of more than 2,000 children, from the ages of six to 12, showed a direct association between parental absence and emotional and behavioral disorders such as depression, anxiety, aggressive and disruptive behavior.
In particular, children whose mothers are either single, divorced, widowed or dead are three times more likely to develop mental health problems as other children, Dr. Bernardine Woo and researchers at Singapore's Institute of Mental Health and the National University of Singapore found.
Woo, who led the investigation, said the team did not study the reasons for the link.
"Some postulated reasons were the children received less support from their parents and the quality of care may be different," Woo told Reuters on Wednesday. "It may affect them psychologically."
In Asia, it is common for both parents to work and to leave their children in the care of a maid, a relative or professional day-care center.
The study also found that in general, boys are twice as likely as girls to develop emotional and behavioral problems. Boys with a lower IQ, or intelligence quotient, were also three times as much at risk compared to those with a higher IQ.
ur asian culture is alwayz to kao tow to senior.