Just getting around to this, so I'm a week late. It's funny, I don't have any particular quarrel with Mother's Day, even though I'm not a mother, and never wanted to be one. I don't particularly like children and never in my life did I have the urge to bear one. But it doesn't bother me at all when people tell me "happy mother's day" or give me a chocolate rose. I have quite a complicated relationship with my own mother, but still enjoy celebrating her on this day, and also enjoy sending cute cards to my two mothers-in-law. I think it makes them feel good. To me, that's what this day is about.
I'm a mother and am just now reading this. For Mother's Day, my daughter accompanied me to the St. Paul Farmer's Market (nothing from more than 100 miles away) to pick food for dinner. Then she & I cooked it. A great day!
However, this country provides almost no support for children and parents. Even 30 years ago, I stayed home with the kids for a few years because my engineering degree didn't send much to the bank after the cost of childcare & commuting! I was also appalled at the "care" in some of the home and commercial childcare options we looked at. Several were not much better than warehouses. The kids never went outside or taught even basic letters and numbers. We need to do better by parents and especially children!
Just getting around to this, so I'm a week late. It's funny, I don't have any particular quarrel with Mother's Day, even though I'm not a mother, and never wanted to be one. I don't particularly like children and never in my life did I have the urge to bear one. But it doesn't bother me at all when people tell me "happy mother's day" or give me a chocolate rose. I have quite a complicated relationship with my own mother, but still enjoy celebrating her on this day, and also enjoy sending cute cards to my two mothers-in-law. I think it makes them feel good. To me, that's what this day is about.
I'm a mother and am just now reading this. For Mother's Day, my daughter accompanied me to the St. Paul Farmer's Market (nothing from more than 100 miles away) to pick food for dinner. Then she & I cooked it. A great day!
However, this country provides almost no support for children and parents. Even 30 years ago, I stayed home with the kids for a few years because my engineering degree didn't send much to the bank after the cost of childcare & commuting! I was also appalled at the "care" in some of the home and commercial childcare options we looked at. Several were not much better than warehouses. The kids never went outside or taught even basic letters and numbers. We need to do better by parents and especially children!
We certainly do! And other countries are showing it can be done, so it's not just some hypothetical dream. Glad you had a good day!!