Thoughts on mothers and Father's Day being celebrated in elementary classrooms?

How can teachers remain inclusive of diverse families? How would a teacher go about creating a Mother's Day activity and craft, if there is a student in her classroom who doesn't have a mother, without calling out that student and making them feel different?

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SlaveEt · 36-40, F

Every human on Earth has a mother and a father. Now, whether or not those people are raising them or doing a good job at it is a different thing. Celebrating in the classroom? Meh, I figure there are much more important things those teachers can be doing with their students. Leave the family, religious (or not) and moral education to the kids' families.

AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M

@SlaveEt if only . Lol (I’m a teacher and the defacto moral compass for many of my students being “raised” by their mom).

SlaveEt · 36-40, F

@AthrillatheHunt
Indeed. A friend of mine is a 2nd grade teacher. The nuclear family has crumbled in many parts of the US and we are seeing the horrible effects of that loss everyday in the news. It's tragic.