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[quote=Anonymous]God I just HATE these kinds of things!!! I am a former teacher and also a mom of a preschooler, in a very solid 2 parent family w/loving grandparents on both sides. I say, get rid of mother's day, father's day, grandparent's day. I have seen this from so many angles, so many times, and I feel really passionately about it as a result.

There are times and places to celebrate these holidays and THEY DO NOT NEED TO HAPPEN IN THE CLASSROOM. Do you think your 3 year old really cares whether he makes a mother's day card or not? If so, do you think the positive it might bring to his life is going to outweigh the negative it could bring to the little boy who just lost his mom? or the little girl whose mom is on a business trip and just cannot be there?

Now, I'm not saying that all schools for all ages need to get rid of all parent/child events. If a high school wants to have a father son golf tournament, ok. Even then I don't love it, but I can deal with that.  A high school kid is old enough to start understanding about the real world and facing these issues. But a 3 year old? NO! It's just so wrong. This invariably creates huge problems for families where parents work, are divorced, are absentee in some way, who live far away, are deceased.. it's just a pain in the ass for everyone. And frankly, I don't care how nice the mother's day celebration was for me personally, I would rather give up ten of those than have one 3 year old sad because he was the only one there without a mom.

How can people be so selfish? Gah![/quote]

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