Mother's Day and Father's Day are two holidays that are set every year to honor parents all over the world. The two days a year give children the ability to recognize how hard their parents work at raising, loving, and nurturing them.
However, not every family has a mother and a father. Not every family is "nuclear" the way that it used to be.
People in the media have spoken out against gender-specific holidays because not every family has a mother or a father.
Some families have single parents, while others have two dads or two moms. Then, there are those who have non-binary parents, too.
In fact, many parents are uncertain about how to have these kinds of conversations with their children.
But other parents are pointing out that while it's okay that every family looks different, it's still important to acknowledge dads!
Karla Gardner, a 36-year-old from London, spoke out to news outlets and on Facebook that her 3-year-old daughter came home with a card that really bothered her.
She thought that her daughter's nursery would make something Father's Day themed, but it didn't happen.
Gardner said that the nursey teacher said to kids that "men don't matter."
Additionally, the Father's Day cards didn't have anything related to fathers! Instead, they read: "Happy Special's Day". The mom said she was "heartbroken" when she saw the card.
"When I picked her up in the afternoon, I had no idea they were doing Father's Day cards, she just came out with it," Gardner said.
"When I looked at it and it said Happy Special's Day, it angered me."
The nursery allegedly told Gardner that it "wasn't fair" for children without fathers to have to make a "Happy Father's Day" card.
However, Gardner also said that the nursery had made the cards last year, so she was unsure why this year was different.
"For Mother's Day, I got a card which had photos of her inside it and it said clearly on it 'Happy Mother's Day'. A big fuss was made of it."
Which, she definitely isn't wrong about that, and makes a good point.
Not every family is the same, but why can't a child who does have a dad make a father's day card?
"Not all children don't have their dad. Some of those children whose dad doesn't live with them, they still have a relationship with them."
"I know people who make Father's Day cards and give it to their granddad or uncle. This is just shutting them out," she said.
Some people online sided with Gardner, but others said that she was being "unfair" to other kids.
Which is true, but the point is that they did do a mother's day card, so it makes it unfair to not do a father's day card.
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h/t LadBible.
