Ladies

Exactly. I find it hypocritical that our society can condone living with full joint families (with jaiths/devars) yet raising a child all of a sudden teh issue of na-mehram comes up?

Unless the family is strict Muslim that follows every single rule of na-mehram...its just hypocritical.

I quite agree!!....just as well my friend and her husband are not strict in that sense as he just loves the bones of both his adoptive children,and wouldn't give a toss what anyone says.As far as he is concerned they are his.End of.