Engr2002 is right in noticing that maids replace mom and dad in this region. What family tie can be closer than parent to child? A maid cannot impose authority required to teach children how to behave so you do end up with stuck up kids with no manners. The older generation didn't have all these maids and drivers, that's why Qatari adults are much more pleasant and civilised than the younger generation. So which standards were you talking about Afaque?