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[quote=Anonymous]I am Indian, grew up upper middle class  with dad in Army and my mom was a housewife (we were not rich by Indian standards, parents needed loans for Maruti car, had mortgage but decent well to do.. maybe an equivalent of a $200K lifestyle in an MCOL). We had TONS of help, full time, part time you name it. Gardener, landscaper, daily cook, someone who ran the errands, daily cleaners, nanny.

I moved to US but my sibling is in India. We both are doing very well, I really don't think having household help spoiled us in any way. We both have strong work ethic, stable families (no family money, parents are self sufficient). It did account for a LOT less stressful life growing up.

I see my son now in HS helping out with chores and also studying really long hours. Both DH and I work long hours and still have to shuttle kids to activities, cook, do taxes and a million other things around the home. It's much more stressful for us here than back in India.

Thank for the thread, I am now on a mission to find more help. I have been reluctant to spend on it so far, but this thread brought back memories on how less stressful my life had been while growing up. I would like to give my kids a taste of that and let them focus more on studies, EC and in general sleep vs. making them do household chores when we can afford to outsource more.[/quote]

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