Angelina is imho absolutely spot on with that description. Im afraid that the Qatari parents that I observe have pretty much zero Paternal/Maternal instincts and yeah, its left to the hired help to do what they can. I see an awful lot of local women slapping their kids around the face as well in an effort to exert some form of authority in the malls - these are observations on my part - please dont shoot the messenger - just telling it as i observe it.

My point is that this is a good thread and there is a REAL problem just over the horizon.