The fear of kids thinking of them as people who just feed and clothe them, parents are trying to have as much fun with them as possible on the weekends. Now the kids can think of them people who not just feed and clothe them but also entertain them on weekends. They take care of 104 days of the year but for the rest of 261 days, they rely on the maids. The growth and learning of the kids will continue on the weekdays as well and the only person at home making a contribution to that will be the maid. How noble, since this will bring closer the two classes, it is a great step towards the equality of people in our nation. Not only will the kids' curiosity will be handled by a less than capable mind (for no fault of the maid) he will also have the benefits of learning a new language called the Mumbai Hindi “aane ka” “jaane ka”, “khane ka” and so on and speaking in a tone that I personally find completely disrespectful.
I feel this is a great step towards making the kid independent since he is on his own from quite early in his or her life. How attached he will be to his parents and family is something we can all imagine. To avoid the tantrums of the kids, the maid will take the policy of following the path of least resistance by giving him junk instead of food, letting him watch TV instead of something more constructive and so on. I guess that will be very important in the negotiating skills of a kid, just throw a tantrum to find your way.
We are ambitious and don't have time for kids, we are trying to put all our efforts in our professional lives by sacrificing first our social and then our family life. At this speed I feel we will saturate and burn out much quickly as well and once that happens we will be sitting at home wondering, how to pay the EMI of the trendy house we bought 10 years ago thinking the gold run will last for ever and why our teenage kids don't want to talk to us let aside having a fun-filled weekend with us.
The problem is people are not just admitting to be weekends parents but are proud of it.
