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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My children are all previous foster children who we adopted. This was always a massive trauma trigger for us so I used to have a quiet word with the teacher and ask that instead of making it just about mother's or fathers she mentioned that it was for all those people who are for us, including foster, adoptive, step, kinship or anyone else and definitely never single the kids out as being adopted or fostered.