Happy Mothers and Fathers Day Cards

Help your students recognize the special caregivers in their lives.....

Did you know that only about 28 percent of the homes in this country are traditional homes that have both a natural mother and natural father? That leaves about 72 percent of the homes that do not.

This Mothers and Fathers Day put a smile on their face and help them show their appreciation to that special caregivers such as a step-father, step-mother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, cousin, friend, or foster parent, even a neighbor to name a few.

Finding holiday cards for these caring people can be extremely challenging.

Yet these are the people who provide the comfort and security need. They give us the love and care that can make the biggest difference in a child's life. 

These people who work hard everyday giving mothering and fathering to others deserve a special line of holiday cards.

 The websites explain it all:

• www.happymotheringday.com
• www.happyfatheringday.com. 

Teacher should begin now to have their class to buy these cards to honor their caregivers and natural mothers and fathers and use them in their lesson of fairness, equality, making a positive difference in society, and being charitable givers. Proceeds from the cards will go directly to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (EGPAF) and those at EGPAF are very excited about this for children.

A NEW WAY TO SAY HAPPY MOTHERS DAY AND HAPPY FATHERS DAY THAT GIVE ALL CHILDREN AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO SO AND HONOR NATURAL MOTHERS AND FATHERS MORE THAN TRADITIONAL WAYS

by Dr. Marcia Becker (Florida  State Licensed School Psychologist) and Hera  Becker(Child of Loss and First Year Law Student)

The woman who had lost her sister to cancer three years ago and was bringing up her niece called us her "angels" when we told her about our addition to the Mothers Day and Fathers Day Holiday. She said" I have met my angels today" and went on to say that she could not wait to get home to tell her niece about this new way to say Happy Mothers Day. 

"My niece will feel so much better, as she has been struggling with what to say to me on this holiday, and now, she has something wonderful to say that will be so warm and positive for me, " said the woman. Her niece would now be able to give her aunt a card that says Happy Mothering Day and thank her aunt for the wonderful mothering she had been given since the death of her own mother several years before. 

This woman's words will ring in our ears forever and further inspired us to contact mental health professionals and teachers around the country in an effort to "get the word out" about his new way to say Happy Mothering Day or Happy Fathering Day. Please visit our Website at: www.happymotheringday.com and www.happyfatheringday.com .
 

The response was so positive, with teachers even saying that we should not waste any time and that the best way to get the word out would be to make cards available for the children to purchase that teachers could then have their class purchase as a whole. Then the teachers would use the cards as a lesson for introducing this new addition to their students and keep the cards safely for them until the holidays arrived.

The teachers said how much easier these cards with the introduction to their students would make these holidays for teachers themselves and for the children in their class. This is also about children helping children and becoming charitable givers, as a portion of proceeds are going to be given directly to the largest, non-profit children's charity in the world, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation and to the surviving children of the 9/11 attacks.

Today only about 28 percent of the homes in this country are traditional in that they have both a natural mother and natural father. This means that 72 percent of the homes are non-traditional, and as teachers know all too well, many children have a difficult time with what to say  to their caregivers.

Giving this beautiful Happy Mothering Day card or beautiful Happy Fathering Day card available on our Website(www.happymotheringday.com), clearly expresses to the new caregiver, be it a grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, cousin, step-mother, step-father, the child's appreciation for the mothering or fathering that person has given to them.

Additionally, these cards allow children with natural mothers and natural fathers to do the same and to now honor them for the hard work they do in their mothering and fathering. Almost anyone can be a mother or father, but it is the mothering and fathering that they provide that is what is appreciated.

The following poem helps explain:

Mothers Day and Fathers Day as it approaches for many

Brings anxiety and sorrow for those who lost them if any

Why would a world want to be so cruel

As to keep this focus and make it to be their rule

I feel the most beautiful thing in this world that we know

Is the love and comfort that our mothers and fathers do show

But to lose one or the other for whatever reason may abound

Can turn even the most grounded person inside out and upside down

Let us open our hearts and minds to change with the times

To add to these days of honoring for all and for all time

Happy Mothering Day®p and Happy Fathering Day® does bring

A happiness and inclusiveness that all can sing

Let all the children be able to choose

A card that honors those who give them mothering and fathering and let them not lose

Thank you to the grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, cousin, friend, step-mother, and step-father to name a few

Who give the mothering and fathering to some and help them feel renewed

This honors our biological and adopted mothers and fathers as well

As it is not the name that brings joy in us to a swell

It is the mothering and fathering that they do provide

Let us honor them all for what they do and bring to them their deserved pride

Copyright 2006 Permission granted only to licensed teachers and licensed mental health

professionals to use this in an instructional capacity to help children become familiar with this addition

Teachers and mental health professionals should help children become familiar with this addition to these holidays now and without further delay. We all know what a positive benefit this will be for all children and adults as well.