Do you give your maid time off? In Singapore,
anyone who does not give their domestic workers their legal days off may be
prosecuted as it has been passed into law to prosecute anyone who doesn’t. It was
discovered that some parents deliberately don’t give time off or ‘buy out’ their
maids’ days off so they can spend extra time to work.
A petition, #Igiveadayoff was started about a year
ago where people pledged their support to treat their domestic workers equally
and give them legal rights as other workers.
This should also be applicable everywhere in
the world because apart from the reason behind the campaign, what is also key is
the importance of spending more time with children. More time with your kids strengthen parent –
child relationship and stronger bonds are established. Mums and dads alike can
connect with their kids and be more involved with their lives especially in
their budding ages.
Parents have to work to support the family and the
usual option is to leave the kids in the hands of caregivers but take a back
seat and think; how much time do you versus the nanny/babysitter/maid spend
with your kids? How much do you know your kids? Do you think parenting is adequate
or inadequate if the kids spend less time with you than they spend with the caregivers/maid/nannies?
Watch the video below and share your thoughts.
Video Credit: You Tube/#Igiveadayoff
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Whether we work or not, if you plan your schedule well. You can include ur kids.its more important than anything else.
ReplyDeleteBottom line, always make out time for the children
ReplyDeleteI was reading some comments on a similar topic and some parents were saying, they are not cut out to take care of kids, so why have kids of you can't dedicate time to spend with them, every time you maids are not available is a red alert. Too bad!
ReplyDeleteI was reading some comments on a similar topic and some parents were saying, they are not cut out to take care of kids, so why have kids of you can't dedicate time to spend with them, every time you maids are not available is a red alert. Too bad!
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