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Waking Up to Help Those in Need
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The Secret to Being the ‘Cool Parent’
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Preventing Hot Car Tragedies This Summer
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Liar, Liar, Fingers on Fire
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Celebrating Unsung Mother Figures
Celebrating Mother Figures on Mother’s Day UNSUNG HEROES
Mother’s Day is one of the most popular days for restaurants and florists every year as people scramble to show their appreciation for the women who raised them. A mother is one of the most influential people in anyone’s life — and ideally, someone we can confide in and trust to love us unconditionally.
schedule doctor’s appointments, and tuck children into bed at night. Even though most co-parent alongside a mother, they still hold an invaluable place in children’s lives. Many other women fulfill mother-type roles but don’t get their due. Older sisters, aunts, or grandmothers often become surrogate mothers. So do mentors and family friends. All of the women who do the work of raising and caring for children deserve our thanks and appreciation. But too often, they’re left unacknowledged, and Mother’s Day is a difficult time for many women who serve as primary caregivers but don’t have the title. If a woman has acted like a mother to
you, take the time this year to thank her. She’ll appreciate that phone call, card, or bouquet. Just knowing you’re thinking of her can mean the world. If you’d like to go further, consider a special outing or activity you can do together. Take your mother figure to dinner at her favorite restaurant, or make a photo album or scrapbook of your favorite memories. A video about how much you love and cherish her is also a gift that will last a lifetime. But if you’re a mother figure whose “kids” don’t get in touch with you this year, remember that all your hard work is still appreciated. You may not be Mom, but you are still a precious influence on children’s lives. That’s not a role you took on lightly, and it’s one for which you should be commended and celebrated — flowers or no flowers.
But while Mother’s Day is one of the country’s most popular holidays, few people celebrate Step Parents Day (Sept. 16), and they often receive the short end of the stick. Despite the bad rap they get in fairy tales, countless stepmothers support and nurture children every day. They attend soccer games, run carpools,
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