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[quote=Anonymous]It's sweet and lovely to get flowers and a card and homemade gifts from my kids on Mother's Day, I love it.  However, as their mom, taking care of them is not a freaking sacrifice I'm making that they will need to be endlessly grateful to me about for the rest of their lives. We also celebrate Children's Day (it really is a thing) and I think it balances things out and makes these holidays about appreciating the presence of everyone in the family, not just mom.  I detest the idea of mother's day as a day to express gratitude for "mother's sacrifices" I don't experience mothering as a sacrifice...It's an honor to be a mom, but I suspect I feel that way because of freedom of choice and bodily autonomy.

I think it would be awesome to make Children's Day (it always falls on the first Sunday in June) a holiday that is as recognized as Mother's Day and Father's Day.  Imagine if a couple weeks after Mother's Day, our mothers or MILs celebrated/appreciated our role as their children. Might make Mother's Day feel more balanced instead of like a day of being expected to fawn over a parent whose prime parenting years ended decades ago.

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