<p>MotherofTwo:</p>
<p>I know lots of people from Hong Kong and Taiwan who grew up with live-in maids. It was part of the middle-class culture rather than a sign of luxury, pampered living.
My friend’s parents had a son and a daughter and raised both the same way, and both became very successful scientists. The son married a woman who is a great cook. The daughter still relies on take-outs and ready-to-heat meals as she focuses all her energies onto her work.</p>