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i cant believe they are still doing the mothers/ fathers day thing. i think its becoming rare these days that kids have actually two parents at all
anyway, i think echaos idea might be ok, but it wouldnt solve everything....'family day'.....but then there are the kids that dont have any families....then those kids wont be able to fit in.
i personally feel they should call it "someone special day"..just a day, that everyone can acknowledge someone special in their lives...hey, it could be more then one...write?
this way a child can make a card or gift, and give it to someone special..weather it be their parents, teacher, friend, foster mom, group home staff.....anybody the kids wants to acknowledge.
this way, no one is left out, and no one is singled out for not having a daddy, or mommy, or any parent for that matter.
plus, it gives me a chance to give my kids something too on 'someone special day"....then i acknowledge to them how special they are too me also.
but atlas, im a dreamer.....and this will never happen, because if hallmark can get two days (fathers and mothers) vs one day (special person day)...they will never go for it.
but if i can convince them, if they get 'special person day' they would actually be getting more money.....because then parents, teachers, group home staff...etc...will also be buying cards for everyone, they will be making more of a profit...plus the gifts...kids toys also...because parents will be buying their kids something special too......hows that for a marketing tool....lol
truth is, i hate these holidays, i find them to be actually cruel....lets force some children to look at their losses, weather they lost there parents by death or adoption, its just forcing the child to realize how different they are...and the losses they have at such a young age.
lets not talk about the family tree project....lol..i can go on about that too.....
i guess all we can do, is keep educating our schools about some of these issues. im sure if more parents came together they would do away with it....because i truly believe, there are quite alot of kids that dont have two parents living with them...
dadfor2
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