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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hartfire

No one is born (yet) without a mother having given birth to them.
If a person has no mother in their life now,
they can still celebrate the fact that that woman gave them the gift of life.
Same can apply to a father.
Although not every kid is happy to be alive; I wasn't.

It is harder if a parent is profoundly dysfunctional or abusive.

Maybe it's not such a good idea to bring Mothers and Fathers days into the classroom - at least in the commercial sense.
It would be possible to have a general discussion of all the different kinds of families, each kid sharing what their family is like (with no judgements), but not around the designated commercial dates.