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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stupid school insists on celebrating Father's Day. Dd has heard from dad in over a year.
She's 5. What do I say? Do?
The school activity is set.[/quote]

Tough.  Mother's Day is also celebrated and there are children without mothers.  It doesn't matter.  Other children have a right to celebrate and honor their mother and father even if there are other kids without a mother or father.

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Wow, you're awful.[/quote]

I would not have posted this, but it definitely did rub me the wrong way that OP called the school stupid for celebrating Father's Day. This is a tough situation for her, but the alternative of having no kids celebrate their fathers to avoid it strikes me as an awful choice.[/quote]
+ 1 agree[/quote]

+1000. Too many schools are doing away with things like this because of complaints like ops. It is what it is op. The sooner you teach your child to cope the better[/quote]
There was that one thread not long ago about a parent who wanted schools to stop having class pets because of her DC's allergies.  Kids are no longer allowed to play tag because some kids got hurt and parents complained.    I saw a news article that said in some HS in TX kids who graduate with honors in HS are no longer allowed to wear some item that indicates this honor because it hurts some other kids' feelings.  The list keeps

But why must schools celebrate mothers and Father's Day at all? If you have a mom and a dad you celebrate at home. What benefit comes from making a silly gift at school? It is fine to recognize kids for academic honors that they worked for or sports achievements or that sort of thing. But why would a class enforce Mother's Day knowing that some kids would be left out?[/quote]

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