I wish I had cleaning help. I think if you can afford it, it can be very beneficial, especially in a two-income household. Some women are not particularly good balabustas, so it helps for them to have that extra help where needed. If both husband and wife are working full-time (or the husband is in Yeshivah all day), SOMEONE has to do the cleaning, the laundry, and ironing. Personally, I feel that in a two-income situation, if there is no hired cleaning help, the husband should be as responsible for household chores as the wife. They are BOTH coming home exhausted after a workday. It should not fall upon only the woman to do the work. Cleaning help is a good compromise, if it is affordable, even on a semi-regular basis.
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