The study “Problems of the Working Mother in Caring for Her Children,” which was conducted by the Knowledge Department at the Department of Social Services in Sharjah, to identify the conditions and challenges facing the roles of the working mother towards caring for children, raising them and protecting them from any dangers to which the child is exposed as a result of her absence for long hours at work, recommended the necessity of Establishing nurseries in residential neighborhoods (home nurseries for non-working women) to care for the children of working mothers during their work, which generates income for a group that needs to work through a licensed nursery in accordance with certain requirements, as the proposal for (home nurseries) was submitted to the responsible authorities. The study, which included 169 mothers working in government departments in the Emirate of Sharjah, who are less than 40 years old and who have children in the early and middle childhood stages, also recommended increasing the number of nurseries in the workplace to address the lack of capacity in other external nurseries available outside the workplace, and also specifying The ceiling for subscription prices in nurseries, and that they are calculated according to the services provided in each nursery, in order to reduce the financial burden on the family as a result of the high subscription prices. The study, which was implemented last year, 2022, recommended a remote work system for the mother after the period of maternity leave until her child completes his first year, due to the child’s need at this stage for breastfeeding. The importance of the current study is evident from the importance of both parties addressed in the study, namely the mother and the child, as the challenges faced by mothers in general and working mothers in particular in terms of the challenges facing their responsibilities are considered a pivotal issue for reflecting their effects on children, and describing the situation of working mothers and the challenges they face in caring for them. Their children during their time at work, and knowing what alternatives are relied upon and their suitability in caring for their children during their time at work, as well as the problems. The study also monitored the needs of working mothers to develop programs and interventions to support them in caring for their children, and reduce the negatives of their absence from children while working. Note that the majority of the study sample are married women (93.4%), which indicates that this category of mothers still has multiple roles and responsibilities as a wife, mother, and housewife, in addition to any other burdens towards their original family, which represents a burden on the working mother in reconciling their work. Among their family, domestic and family burdens, and most importantly, the burdens of caring for and raising their children. The percentage of divorced women is about 5.7%, all of whom are citizens, as the majority of the study sample of working mothers are Emirati nationals, at a rate of 78.3%, and non-Emirati nationals, at a rate of about 21.7%. The majority of mothers have a university degree (71.2%). Analysis of the characteristics of the study sample indicated that the majority of mothers in the study sample live in a nuclear family, at a rate of 75.5%, while 24.5% of them live in extended families, which demonstrates the impact of living in extended families compared to living in a nuclear family due to the possibility that a working mother who lives in a family It extends its support to the parents in caring for the children due to the presence of family members in the home when they are away from work, which reduces the harm that nannies have on the children and the degree of exposure to the risks of violence or abuse, unlike the mother who lives in a nuclear family, who may sometimes be forced to leave her children with the nanny without Monitoring of her living in independent living. As for the sample’s work system, most of them work during the official morning working hours at a rate of 91.5%. This may reduce the burden of caring for children because it is compatible with school working hours during the school year for children enrolled in education. Likewise, for those who have children younger than school age, they may find a nursery affiliated with them. to her during the morning shift, while 8.5% of mothers work in a variable shift system, and this would create tension for the working mother and how to take care of her children during the evening shifts of work, because there are no nurseries during this period, nor schools to contain her children, so she is often left to take care of her children during the evening periods of work. Young children are with the nanny or the older sister at home, or she leaves them with the father. 8 hours of absence after the amendment. The study observed that with the implementation of the new work system in the Emirate of Sharjah, in which the number of daily working hours is about (8) hours, the mother’s daily absence from the children became about (8 hours and 54 minutes), meaning approximately (9) hours per day. This is not a short period of time for the absence of the mother from the children who have not yet enrolled in education. The primary motivation for women’s work for most of the study sample was to raise the family’s income and meet their needs by 81.5%, and the highest percentage was among working female mothers, with the aim of raising the family’s income and the ability to meet their increasing needs. The second motivation is because women believe that work is a right for every human being and wants to Obtaining this right, and completing their rights to education, work, and satisfying their career ambitions. While the third motive is achieving financial independence, and both the fourth and fifth motives come under the pretext of feeling the importance of their role in life. Finally, the motivation is followed by a sense of self-worth and the pursuit of investing in the education women have achieved. The study stated that about two-thirds of the sample indicated that the income was sufficient to meet all their life needs, whether basic or supplementary, and that about 21.8% of them also saved from their income, which indicates the presence of a surplus of income that exceeds the needs of living. On the other hand, about a third of the study sample indicated that there was no Income adequacy to a limited or large degree. This indicator indicates the extent of the importance of the working mother’s income to the family in contributing to the family income to a degree that may be indispensable, which indicates the amount of daily efforts that the working mother makes for her that may be justified, especially her responsibilities towards her children, her family, and her home. . Regarding the time during which the mother leaves her children with the nanny during her work period, the result was that the nanny is the one who takes care of the child and takes care of him for long hours, that is, approximately (9) hours a day. Here comes the danger in using nannies to care for children for long hours, especially for those who leave their children alone. With a domestic worker, it may result in many social, educational and behavioral problems, resulting in negative effects that are reflected on children whose care is left to the nanny as follows: problems related to the child’s language and linguistic development at a rate of 49.8%, and a feeling that the child lacks parental affection at a rate of 40%. 31.4%, the child acquiring habits different from ours, 31% being exposed to violence by nannies, 29.5% a defect in the child’s religious beliefs and worship, and 25.1% being exposed to sexual harassment. Mothers’ use of nurseries ranked third as an option to care for their children during their time at work, at a rate of about 22%, and this trend is considered the least negative measure. With reference to the economic aspect of the cost of enrolling children in nursery schools, it was found that 63.6% of parents pay monthly nursery registration fees, while there are about 27.3% where payment is made per semester, and there are also about 9.1% who pay daily, where these fees come that would It represents a burden on the family budget, especially if the woman goes out to work with the aim of raising the family’s standard of living, which forces her to search for an alternative to care for her children and resort to nurseries. The results of the analysis of the legal status of nurseries in Sharjah indicate that the majority of mothers are keen to take their children to licensed nurseries by 95%, and this would instill reassurance in themselves that their child is in a licensed place and is under the supervision of an official body, unlike some of them who had to About 5% of women put their children in an unlicensed nursery. Problems with nurseries The highest problem faced by working mothers was the high subscription fees for nurseries, which burden the family budget, as indicated by about 60% of the sample, as the subscription value varies between different nurseries according to the benefits and educational programs in them, and the greater the interest in providing the best, the more it increases. The need to employ more cadres and resources, and in return, the amount of subscription to the nursery increased. Also, one of the problems that working mothers faced was the problem of recurring child illness, which accounted for 40% of the total sample responses, due to mixing with other children, which facilitates the transmission of infection between children. Despite these problems facing working mothers who leave their children in nurseries, this does not negate the importance of the presence of nurseries and the major role they play in child care. They have reduced the problems that working mothers suffer from, especially in nurseries that are located at the workplace or very close to them. Where the child is close to the mother and saves the trouble of searching for nurseries close to the workplace to save time arriving at work, according to statistics from the Ministry of Social Affairs. Behavioral changes for children enrolled in nursery schools. The positive effects of the children’s experience during their time in nursery schools were as follows: The child became more communicative and established social relationships with peers and supervisors by 27.8%, and began to eat his meals alone, as indicated by about 5.6%. As for the negative effects, the most prominent of them is that the child became more aggressive, as indicated by about 16.7% after enrolling in nursery schools. About 16.7% indicated that the child began to hate custody more, and began to cry a lot due to the possibility that he would feel fear when separated from his mother. Finally, 5.6% indicated that the child acquired some negative behaviors. Children in the care of nannies: About 79.5% of mothers who depend on nannies indicated that they leave their children with the nanny only. The danger here lies in the practices that the nanny may carry out in the absence of a family member. The child may be exposed to violence or may be affected by some of the nanny’s religious beliefs, especially if she is non-Muslim, or his language may be affected because most nannies speak English or broken Arabic. . While only 7.7% of the mothers who rely on the nanny to take care of the child during her absence at work are the ones who leave the child with the nanny, but in the presence of the child’s father or one of his siblings, while there are 10.3% of that same category of mothers who leave the child with the nanny. The nanny is in the presence of a relative, which often happens in extended families in which the mother's family lives in the husband's family home or sometimes her own family home. The study showed that working mothers who leave their children with nannies are keen to monitor the nannies in several different ways, as most mothers follow the frequent call system (88.1%) to check on the child and his status at home, and there are also those who follow their children via surveillance cameras. About 35.7% of this category of mothers indicated this to ascertain the way the nanny treats the child and the extent of her interest and care for him. Some of them chose to supervise her by returning home suddenly, as about 9.5% of this category of mothers do, with the aim of checking on the child’s condition in her absence. And watch what happens in her house while she is at work.