Re: disturbed
The jump to prostitution may be a stretch, but yes, the question of hiring practically children as domestic help has been discussed a number of times.
I think the more important issue is, that regardless of the servant being adult or child, how do we treat them in social gatherings. I have seen it a lot back in Pakistan. There are generally two categories.
The first category is drivers (chauffeurs). At social gatherings, the drivers usually wait outside the house/restaurant/club near the car, and generally their food is sent outside, where all drivers gather around and enjoy the meal.
The other type of servants are those that stay inside amongst other guests, for example nanny for the baby etc. Here, different people tackle it differently depending upon where you are. Some hosts provide full access to all the domestic help to take food from the buffet, some others would rather prepare plates of food and give it to the nanny to eat while staying close to the baby. And if the gathering is in a home, all the domestic help is invited in the kitchen, where they are given the food and they can take a break from their duties and enjoy the meal.
As my mother always explained to us, it is the responsibility of the host to ensure all guests (and any servants they bring, including drivers) are properly catered and served food. I remember at one time, due to a miscommunication, a drivers of one of the guests was not served food and he went back hungry. When my mother found out, she was quite angry and then sent my brother with some food over to their place to apologize to the driver and give him the food.