Valentine cards for your children?

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I saw these for the first time today, and my first thought was that it was a bit weird, in quite a yuk kind of way.

Added to which, if I got my children valentine cards, they would die of terminal embarrassment.

Is this very, VERY weird, or AIBU?

Ewww, no. Valentine's Day is red lingerie and champagne.

I was getting Valentines from my DMum in the 1970s. I do the same for my children. This year, DS has one with a picture of a toy owl and DD has one saying she is great. And a packet of Love Heart sweets each.

mammamia that sounds lovely. I'd be so touched if dd came back with something like that and love the little rose plant idea. It's not smutty, just fun.
and it's not like I'll be getting any cards or anything from anyone else

I think it's fine.

It always amuses me on MN though that there are so many people who think Valentine's day/Easter/Halloween/Christmas are commercialised and people just waste money on tat etc.

Mothers day though? Well it won't be long till the influx of threads about how disappointed MNetters are with the lack of attention/exciting plans/presents that they really want etc

Since when was Calentines just about eroticism?
To be ita always just been about soppy love rather than raunchy sex. Hence why my grandfather used to send me valentines, as did dad and why i will get dd one.
Its also why dp and i will have a neak with the kids ( also no sitters. (

Valentines even!

nosyupnorth My grandad used to buy me one every year too! It was always signed by a question mark. Great memories thanks!

I always thought Valentine's Day was about love. So really don't see the problem in sending a child a card.

I remember once attending training that was in a Sure Start creche and was a bit cats bum face when on the wall were hearts with Tilly lvs Aiden 4 eva. Each child was matched up with another one, they were pre-schoolers

I'm in my 30s and my dad bought me a card when I was a child so this isn't a new thing. I dont buy my dcs a card but do buy them chocolate hearts or similar.

When I was little I asked my mum find she loved me she obviously said yes so I asked her why she didn't get me a valentines card. So she started and did it until I left home at 17. I didn't get the different types of love as a small child.
I get the dc a little thing usually chocolate although ds2 has been hinting strongly at a £3 pug he seen in morrisons. Dh and I don't really do valentines. Maybe a card although one year I called him at work and said I'd forgotten it was even valentines day so I don't see the big deal. It's not about everything being about the dc it's about a little bit of fun and an excuse to do a little something for everyone in the house.

Ok the toddler date and the sure start crèche thing is weird...
Better to celebrate family love than try to match make toddlers. Ewwww.

I just asked DS about it and he said he made the things in golden time which means he gave up his time to make something for me that does mean something coming from a 6yo boy! 💙

We have Jack Valentine here. 'He' leaves a little present for children on the doorstep. It must be a regional thing though because it wasn't until my family moved here in the 80s that my mum found out it was a thing. I don't do Jack Valentines for my dc though.

There are other kinds of love beyond just "romantic" love, you know. Children have exchanged Valentines cards in the US for years, as a token of friendship.

We always made cards for each other at home when I was little, and we do the same with our children. No extra money spent, and it's about love rather than about sex or romance.

I'm equally amazed that so many people haven't come across this in the UK. Surely all kids make cards at school and give them to their parents. Just like they do at Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day and other hallmark occasions. Don't they?

I don't see it as much different to getting the DC an Easter egg. The heart shaped chocs etc in the supermarket are just another thing they ask for.

No cards here, I barely get DH one! But I hide chocolate hearts around the house for a little treasure hunt and cut their toast into heart shapes. Then I run out of energy and we all scoff the chocolate!

My DS would feel very left out if I didn't get him a Valentines card (and chocolates) but my DP (not his dad) did get one. He is 6. He loves it and I will buy him one until he wants me to stop.

Does the same apply for your birthdays?? That DS might feel left out so has tp have one too

Surely whether its creepy depends on what you write on it? I personally wouldn't but dont really see how it's anyone else's issue.
Bff and i used to swap cards when one of us was single

"Surely all kids make cards at school and give them to their parents. Just like they do at Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day and other hallmark occasions. Don't they?"

Er, no. Why would you assume some activity at your school was a nationwide trend?

Encouraging toddlers to think about romantic love is freakin' weird.

One of my friends at school (in the 70s) always got a card from her mum - it was "from a secret admirer" but she knew it was her mum who sent it. Her mum did it so that her daughter wouldn't have to say "none" when asked how many Valentine cards she'd got.

Fingalswave - that's brilliant!

I only gave a card to my DH last year and explained that it was because we loved each other and she was upset to be left out. She didn't understand the explanation about 'romantic' love so this year she'll get a little card too.