Do you get your children anything for Valentines day

It's funny because it's the only day of the year my husband and I actively avoid buying each other chocs.

Like many others, my daughter gets a heart shaped lolly normally. This year she's got a heart shaped bath bomb as she is very into bath bombs currently. It makes her happy, and we didn't realise how important it was to her until she went to stay with my parents for half term one year and got all emotional upon opening the lolly I'd sent her with. I'm in my 50s and my dad used to send my sister and I valentines gifts sometimes, when he was away with work. Often a smaller bunch of flowers than the one my mum got. It was nice. This was back in the 80s, so this is not new.

I actually find the thought of celebrating romantic love 'icky', am much more comfortable with the idea of celebrating love in general.

No.

Not usually, but I've got them a packet of Love Hearts each this year.

🤣 no why would I?

I’ll be taking my toddler to some Valentine’s Day themed classes, but they’re classes he does anyway that happen to be doing Valentine’s Day specials. I have bought him a new jumper with hearts on to wear to those. That’s all he’ll be getting and we won’t be celebrating at home. I think of Valentine’s Day more as a romantic thing between me and my husband and we don’t really involve our son.

Um. Romantic love actually. If we're being pedantic

Valentine’s Day as a lovers’ festival dates at least from the 14th century. The tradition of giving cards on Valentine’s Day began in the 18th century.

Apparently

We get our Dcs a card and chocolate each saying we love them, from Mum and Dad.

Life's too short to not take a chance to say we love the people we love, surely.

Also- my older one is profoundly disabled. He takes a huge delight in cards and little gestures of love such as an unexpected fridge magnet from a place his dad or I have gone to for work; - an easter egg out of season; - a little postcard that has been framed and placed on his wall that he comes back to.

I say reclaim the commercial and just look for chances to tell people we love them.

Nope! Valentine’s is about romantic love.

I was all set to be a No on this, but apparently my son has made me a card (at school) so now I'm thinking I'll get him a little heart chocolate or something.

Thank you, I think it's important that my boys know that they can show & receive love even through something small like a bag of sweets etc. They love it & get so excited for the card etc so that's why I do it

There needs to be a Valentine equivalent of Scrooge going by a few threads on here recently.
Saint Valentine was the patron saint of various things including beekeeping, epilepsy and......love.
LOVE
Love doesn't just mean romance and sex.
If people want to make heart shaped biscuits or whatever for their children.....who cares?

There will be some heart shaped chocolate in the house tomorrow, free for whoever wants to eat it.

It is clearly not about sex to lots of posters. This is very warped thinking.

What fresh hell is this?

Boooooring! I think the true unconditional love you have for your children is far beyond anything you can feel in a romantic relationship. I make sure my DC know that I love them dearly on valentine's day and every other day of the year. People who moan about things being too commercial are normally tight arses in my opinion. Their wallets have seen less sunlight than Dracula's coffin. 😂

I will. DS2 made me a present that he's hidden so I'll get him some heart shape chocolates.😊

I've got my kids chocolate hearts and a card each and I'm baking them heart shaped cookies. Will have a nice meal at home with DH tomorrow once kids are in bed. Valentines is a day to show love and I love my kids so want to involve them. If it brings happiness to me and to them I don't care what anyone else thinks.

No not usually. I'm actually going to pop in to Morrisons as I've seen they have some really cute cakes and treats and I'll get some for DH/kids.

I got my daughters love heart print pyjamas, heart shaped sweets and an artificial rose each- was less than £5 per person. I got my sons Korean sweet hampers which were something like £7/8 off Etsy.
I’ve picked up bits in Aldi for a themed dinner for them- heart shaped nuggets and heart shaped garlic breads etc. I imagine as they get older they will all tell me it’s cringe and not indulge me anymore 😂

Yes, I used to buy both my daughters a little something, nothing extravagant more like a little gift you would pick up in the supermarket. I picked up a heart shaped biscuit in the bakers today for my grandson ☺️

Did you read any of the posts from those of us remembering differently from long before the 90s ?

I like these mini celebrations. Next one is St Patricks Day. Am I allowed buy green Haribo or is that indoctrinating a child into a Christian quasi-nationalistic booze fest?

Yes. I got them a card and a little gift. To me it's just an excuse to get them a little treat - I'm not really into Valentine's Day

Yes I’ve got them little gift bags with some chocolates in, a heart key ring and some new fluffy heart socks. They’ll be excited in the morning. Cost was no more than a tenner each.