What are the effects to the children if mother go out and work in other country?

Philippines
August 4, 2009 5:09am CST
The man is no longer the breadwinner of the family now days. Mothers who are suppose to care for their children are working in other countries to sustain the family and children future..Children at earlier stages of their life feel being deprived of the guidance and care which only the motherly hands of a mother could provides. Some children who misunderstood the main reason why mother left grow rebellious and bitter..This truly affected their outlook in life.. Do you think a mother who leave her child has affect the interpersonal and personal growth of their children?
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@sid556 (30953)
• United States
4 Aug 09
As a mother, I really don't understand it. I couldn't leave my children for any length of time. I know that some do tho. I think that if the father takes over the family role and explains to the kids just why their mom is gone & if she maintains contact with them via phone, internet...they could be alright with it. In many cases the father is actually the better parent. I know that some children will become rebellious and angry over the situation but I think a lot of it depends on how the absense is handled.
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• Philippines
17 Aug 09
With the advances of technology, the feeling of being lonely and sad with the absence of the mother is now reduce, but their is nothing to equate with the real presence of mother. All the money, packages and good life is not enough to make the children happy as they are being jealous of other children where the family is complete and gather together in every day meals and special occasion. With proper explanation on the side of the mother, their children will understand the reason they leave their own country to find more greener pastures to earn money to secure the future of their children in case the husband do not have work or have work but his income is not enough to help the family.
@bingchen (1119)
• China
4 Aug 09
i find that the children often miss thier mother more than their father,because as famale who care their children much better than man,so the children often have these depending with their mother,if their mother go out and work in other country,the children often feel afraid of something and look for mother,if they could not see their mother and ask why to look for her,they often spend a long time to fit for no-mother time and live with their father.
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@GardenGerty (169590)
• United States
4 Aug 09
This has long been a question in your country and mine. If there was an easy answer we would apply it. A child who has no roof over their head and is starving will also resent the mother and rebel. It is hard. If the mother is only working to provide extras, then she should be home with the family, but if she is working to meet basic needs she really has no choice. This is when it is time for the father to be nurturing and the extended family to help support the upbringing of the children.
• Philippines
8 Aug 09
The problem here the mother is working outside the country where in fact she could work near her city without going too far..The mother really is after a big income and like to saves a lot for her children future and her entire family. The child who grow accustomed to see her mother will going to feel confuse why a mother left them.which is very hard to explain when still a child..but as the child grow into an adult his maturity and understanding of this working mother develop..Father or the so-called Househusband are becoming a common sight which very unlikely in the past where males are the ones who should work and go outside..but..recently this situation reverse and the father are the one who taking place with the responsibilities of rearing their children in the right path.....
• Philippines
17 Aug 09
This is really obvious, first of all the mother will not stand by the growing of her children because she is away. Some mother’s go away while their child are babies so that it less the hurt of being away even it is long, but the disadvantage is, sometimes the baby becomes more close on the person who takes care on the baby. Sometimes they don’t know or don’t care about their real mother because they were young when their mother left them. Secondly, mother should guide their children, they should be there while they are growing up, they should continue nourishing them. They should always be there with their children. Moreover, of course there are reason why mother need to go out of country and the primary is for their children’s welfare. You cannot blame them to have a choice of going out of country because it has an opportunity there that our government cannot give. For them there is no other way to solve their problem but to work for foreign country. And they have sacrificed a lot including not seeing their children, which is very hurtful.
• Philippines
17 Aug 09
Mother work outside the country to find a greener pastures as you mention their are less opportunity for working here as the salary income is lower. The situation happen when the father have no work or have work but the income is not enough to sustain the family needs. many mother takes advantages of the situation where their children are still young for instances babies up to 6 months to toddlers where they are not yet in schools. They could work outside the country to save for the education of the children and send them to good schools. When they already saves enough they could go back to have a business and with a lot of savings they could provide the needs of their children and help the family to have comfortable life.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
4 Aug 09
mother and child - a close bond between mother and child
Mothers have an important role to play today than ever before. External forces are exerting a great influence on children and mothers, must be their spiritual mentors. Looking at my sons today, I feel I have been a pretty good mother. I was there for them when they were growing up from the day they were born till they completed their secondary education. Even when they are already working I have not stopped my duty as a mother and will call them every now and then to advice them on many matters in life. As children grow and mature, they become more our equals and friends and this is the best relationship we can have with them.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
15 Aug 09
Thanks for the BR
• Philippines
15 Aug 09
• United States
4 Aug 09
No. I don't. I work. My husband works. Our daughter goes to a babysitter's house. When I was young, my mother didn't work. When my husband was young, both of his parents did work. We both grew up fine. A child does not need to be surgically attached at the hip of a mother until puberty to become a well adjusted citizen and a productive member of society. Having a full-time job isn't as harmful as everyone believes for the children. Multiple studies have been done that shows that in working-class families, working mothers were less depressed and their morale was higher than that of stay-at-home counterparts. My husband graduated from the University of Texas and he got an email newsletter from his old alma mater about working moms. The U of T did a study on children and working moms. They found that concerning babies, infant development is not delayed when a mother works outside the home. This one should be common sense: a mother’s personality, including their beliefs and the quality of their parenting was more important than the amount of time spent with their child. I sometimes work 16+ hours a day, especially if I'm on call. I spend as much time as possible with my DD, but I'm also not going to quit my job and stay home with her so she'll have a "normal" life. Basically, the U of T study said that there was no significant, negative impact on children when mothers worked outside the home.
@sid556 (30953)
• United States
4 Aug 09
You are right. I thought she meant if the mother left the country to work tho.
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• Philippines
17 Aug 09
Being a mother is a monotonous work and you need to serve your husband and children. Everyday task like cooking, cleaning the house, doing the laundry, doing the groceries, even accompany young children to go to schools and go back again to fetch her. nevertheless this housekeeping and being a good mother and wife is unending tasks which makes some mother feel bored. They like to experience the beauty of working and if the mother have degree or finished education she could go back to work to help in the family income.
• India
5 Aug 09
Forget about going abroad, children have issues even if the mother is just staying away from home the whole day. At least, I had issues with my son over my office hours…we have had a lot of showdowns on this, he has begged me many times (it always breaks my heart) to give up office and be at home when he comes from school and now he has accepted the situation but I really don’t know what effect this is going to have on him as an adult. I try to reason by telling him how his teachers (who are all ladies) are working too and how he should be proud of the fact that his mom is important at office and blah blah blah…but I really don’t know! Children are the worst hit when the mother is not at home…yet what are we ladies to do? are our parents spending fortunes on our education just so we stay at home and rear children?!!! It seems so unfair to us ladies on all counts.
• Philippines
17 Aug 09
Children especially babies and young children are hunger for attention , love and care. They are more to develop strong bonding, trust and have fun dealing with the mother to assist their needs and advices them about morals values. When, mother is away it is hard for young children to understand it as they are already condition their mind to have their mother on their side and never like to trust strangers. Mother who work could easily explain the reason behind working to the older children and adults where they are more open to understand the reasons mother works to fulfill their needs and also to make their self valuable too in the society.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
6 Aug 09
Some mothers prefer to work (why they have children, I don't understand)some choose/prefer a better lifestyle and so are obliged to leave their children in the care of others. Some mothers want nothing more than to be with their little ones and give them everything they have to offer...it may not be a fancy lifestyle but it would be a full rounded childhood. Some children are better off in childcare or the care of other family. Some children thrive between part-time parents and alternate childcare. Some don't. It's only in later years that any problems will come to the surface and it's too late then. There is no one solution or no right answer to this question as every family is different.
• Philippines
17 Aug 09
Some mother are career women who like to continue working even after marriage or having children. It is now both valuable for both mother and father to combine their income to saves a lot of earning to spend on the household budget and children education. It is good the two parents are working and mother never depend alone for financial resources to husband. it is hard to realize that you done nothing to help the family in cases the husband got sick or have an accident. The mother could replace the father to takes his place or work in her capacity.
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Aug 09
I think it will have negative to children if their mother work in another country. As mother plays a main role to children as well as father. If her children meet some troubles or setbacks, they don't know which one can listen to them and help them. After all, father is not as careful as mother. I love China
• Philippines
17 Aug 09
Children look to mother as their protector and the motherly figures creates more bonding for children to learn from the mother advices and support. The father is not sufficient to care for their children as they are also busy working outside the house. Even, if you trust your children to be taken care by grandparents or hire a nanny. You could not really sure if they all receive the care and attention which a mother could only provide.
@jezzmay (1845)
• United States
4 Aug 09
Yes, I believe this effects the children, but what can we do the way things are it is often necessary. In most cases it takes two to take care of a family. Then you have your single parents. What is an answer to this problem? Have a blessed day.
• Philippines
17 Aug 09
Even it is painful too to mother to go away and see their children being care by their trusted guardian. They have no choice but to leave as they are going to work to save enough money to procure the future of their children. It is very hard to find a good job in my country and it is very necessary for all not only the mother to work in other country where the income is high. After, they finish the contact they could return to their family to be reunited and have a comfortable life and already financially secure.
• Philippines
5 Aug 09
My husband and I discussed this matter years ago when we had no child yet. .. We agreed that if ever there is somebody who will leave the country to work, it should be him, not me because a mother has a big influence on the child while he/she is growing up. . . True enough, my husband is abroad now and he will be away from us for two years. ..
• Philippines
17 Aug 09
That is a good plan to talk with your husband regarding who is going to work outside the country. The mother is the light of the home. Children are more closer to mother as it is the mother who carry them in their wombs for 9 months. The motherly figures who is always around to care for their children and husband needs, who are busy everyday to cook, do the cleaning, laundry and even the first teacher who teach children the basic reading and writing skills. In my country if the father have no capabilities to work in other country, their is no choice but the mother have to go. Even if father have work, the income is low and no guarantee for children future. The mother do all the work and sacrifices and explain it to children the reasons behind working is to help the family.
• India
4 Aug 09
Interesting topic.It true some children who got little care from family grew like rebellious.At childhood we all mainly depend and attached to our mother(Don't take in negative way,father also important).If the child miss mother that will affect the character of that child.
• Philippines
8 Aug 09
The father is also important in building a complete family...but..most of the children grew closer to mother cook and feed them, wash their clothes, and the first teacher who taught them the beauty of reading and memorizing alphabet, story telling and the one who take care of them when they are sick. The child who miss her mother always seek constant attention and advices which he would not likely get to a father, since the father is busy with his jobs...With proper explanation on the side of the mother..the child would grow into a responsible adult and will understand the reasons where mother work outside the country to help the family and prepare their children future...
@jaiho2009 (39140)
• Philippines
4 Aug 09
Hello neel, No one could give the best care than a mother.I really pitied those kids whom at the very young age doesn't feel the care and mother's love supposedly they were enjoying.But,i can't blame mothers for leaving their offsprings at early stages in life. I am a mother,so i can feel how hard it is for those mothers working abroad and leaving their babies,yes babies,i know as 1 year old baby being left under the care of their father or grandparents.It's really hard,pain emotionally for a mother to leave her child as early as one year old,but the circumstances needed it to be that way.No mother will ever leave her child/kids if only she can have a choice not to leave them.This one of the hardest part of being a mother,taking care of other's kids while her mind is thinking about her kids if they are being well taken cared of. I know how she cried herself in the middle of the night,embracing herself to sleep,with tears in her eyes. Most children who grows up without their mother's were rebellious,this is really true in out society,but,if only these kids will understand the sacrifices their mothers had undergo just to give them brighter future,i know they will be a good citizen too.This is just a matter of explaination by those guardians/the father/the grandparents,it is their duty to explain to these kids why their mother's working abroad. If only those guardians could ever explain it very well,then,there are no rebellious kids whose mother's are working abroad.
• Philippines
17 Aug 09
Their is really a need for children to know the truth behind the reason mother go out of the house to work and some mom work outside of the country. I know it is hard for children to understand the basic reason at their tender ages but as they grow up they will understand it. I also know that many young children really miss the motherly care and presence of mothers, that they feel sad when their school have activities or meeting where a mother or father should attend Instead a proxy like their current guardian are the one who attend to their every schools meetings and programs. Children feel jealous of their classmates whom they see with their mother. As what you says they even cries or feel sad which is true. the feelings of being alone without a motherly presence with only to content with the care and love provided by the father, or grandparents is not sufficient to the love, care, and understanding that a children could receive from their mother. The father could also provide care, love and understanding but not enough as the father is always out of the house working, too..Some children feel bitter or rebel s they are not satisfy with the care the current guardian provides, even the calls, videos and text messaging are enough to cure their hunger for motherly care. Even, if the mother send money, lot of packages every month and pay for their schools expenses. They wish their mother too go back to make their family complete especially during special occasion where family serves as the important basic unit of the society.
• Philippines
4 Aug 09
I have personal experience on this. My mom worked in Japan since I was 5 yrs. old. She only came back for good when i was already 25. There was a time when she visits once a year but she couldn't stay for longer than 2 weeks per visit. I'd say it was hard because there are a lot of things she missed out on my life when I was growing up. She did call once a week but still physical presence bonds you more than weekly phone calls. But I don't judge her for leaving me at an early age 'cause I know It was for me and not because she wanted to get away from her responsibilty. It actually helped me to grow independent.
• Philippines
17 Aug 09
The only differences before the technology is not yet advanced and children really have a hard time accepting mother work in other country. In our current times the technology is more advanced, and in a matter of minutes you could see your mother or relatives working abroad and this really help in reducing the loneliness. But, nothing could really beat the actual presence of the mother who could see their children grow and supervise with their needs and guarantee full attention of care. Having no motherly figure could make a child to learn to live independent and if he really understand the real purposes of the mother. The children will never resent or blame the mother absences for what they becomes, as a good adults or stray adults who misunderstood the mother reasons..