在中国，如果爷爷奶奶都已经退休不工作了，他们的子女也都工作的话，他们会照顾子女的小孩，,如果爷爷奶奶还在工作的，爸爸妈妈也在工作的，小孩一般都会送去托儿所，或是请保姆照顾，还有一种可能就是妈妈在家带小孩，做全职太太，爸爸在外面工作，直到小孩子长大能独立的时候。 这是我知道的，可能每个城市会不一样。

It's not hard, but it's expensive. I think that's what may be a decisive factor for quite a large number of women here to quit their job after they become a parent. Especially now that there's a recession it becomes increasingly difficult to find affordable child care.

in egypt ,yes it's hard to find that so most of the egyptian women don't work to give the children the care they need

Yes, its common phenomenon here in Singapore too. But fortunately we have enough child care centres around and Singapore being a small country, its never too far away. Of course two most common practice is to either have the grandparents if available or to get a domestic helper to take care of the kids.