An increasing number of female migrants in Asia are mothering their children from a distance. They leave their children behind with other family members in the countries of origin to take advantage of the labor market opportunities in other countries within and outside the Asian region. While they usually make arrangements to accommodate the spatial and temporal separation forced by migration, this poses challenges to the mothers who migrate and especially to their children left behind. The issue of children left behind by migrant mothers has attracted growing attention from policy makers in in Sri Lanka due to their increasing number of female migrants working abroad especially as domestic workers. However, the social and emotional ramifications of mothering from a geographical distance and how mothers cope are inadequately e investigated in Sri Lanka. This article examines the impact of migration of mothers on children and how these women are mothering from a distance, drawing upon various studies of transnational mothering in Asia. Also, it highlights the notion of the