Whilst shopping yesterday I decided to look for a family calendar for 2012, as no one had bought us one for Xmas. We find it invaluable to have one of the large family planners, the ones with a column for each member of the family, as DH, I and the DCs all have our own hobbies and groups, and its a nightmare keeping on top of them all.
Anyway, went in a few shops (incl Calendar Club) and EVERY single family calendar I could find said something along the lines of 'Mums family planner' with the first column stating something like 'Mums stuff'.
What a load of crap! I wanted a FAMILY calendar, where the first column was for general all family things (family birthdays, MOT dates etc) and then columns for the 4 family members.
Isn't it a bit sexist (even if in many cases it may be true!) to suggest that Mum is responsible for the whole family's diaries! How about everyone in families (or at least the adults) is EQUALLY responsible for their own appointments! No wonder there are so many MN threads about how mums are expected to remember everything for everyone, with little things like this reinforcing such 50s mentality!