mommies,
u know life is really 2 side of coins hooor.. IN Spore I read a lot about maid abusing elderly and children, or get abused.. in Jakarta I read alot only about maid get rapes (mostly in Arabic countries or in Malaysia) and get abused (in Spore, and HKG and Taiwan)..
I personnally think, human are human are human, in all job, all level, all society, got nut case ones like those abusing babies.. heck even a father can confine his own daughter and rape her and father her 7 kids!! Or a mother punches her own son and let her BF did the same till the boy died..
IMHO all got down to ourselves when making acquintances or hiring employees / maid loor.. if dont trust, dont proceed.. if trust, still must put all your mistake proof efforts around it, not just bo chap after thinking of the person as a good maid/ nanny etc. in the end, if we hire the wrong maid, we r the one rugi / at lost most. I know some parents who hire new maid (2 weeks hiring) and leave the baby alone with a complete stranger wihtout other's supervision.. Now whether it's a maid or nanny, if come from agency without trust worthy source's recommendations, I personnally wouldnt dare to leave a defenseless child under her care so soon.. Even after Ike 1 year old, when I had to travel and hubby had too, I asked my cousin to come over and be my eyes.. THis is with maid that I trust!
I also dont see a point in putting all those cameras cos then I won't work, only be scared looking at cameras and by the time an incident happen it may be too late for me to rush home from work..
Dont get offended ya, this is my IMHO lah, my parents were busy, Dad was building plants all over the country for his co and my mom was a doc and travelled the whole country to the inner tribes making sure they didnt contract aids etc, so three of us (me and 2 siblings) all grew up with maids surrounding our activities heheeh.. and my bro even is now taking care of his prev care giver and giving him pension.. only him got long term care giver until retirement age. I was too naughty, all maids assigned to me and my sis resigned after few months kekekee..