Is it weird to refer to Mother’s Day as ‘parent’s day’ in order to be more inclusive?

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Just that really, seen it in lots of places, school, church and even on the radio? Am I just being a Luddite sand not rolling with the times including everyone? all Parents and pet parents, And people who want to be parents alike?
Or should we reserve this day only for specifically mothers of children?
yabu- we should be as inclusive as possible to everyone
yanbu- bugger off mellenials, mothers only welcome here!

Surely we are allowed recognition for pregnancy /labour /sleepless nights /cracked nipples and piles?

No every child has mother and/or father so do not every child has parents

Isn't it better for kids to be told there is not law that you can't think of it anyway you want

And surely adults are mature enough to realise this anyway

Mothers of humans only, thanks. Some people's obsession with inclusivity has reached absurd levels.

Personally I think motherhood is precious and important and valid and all of the other things and others are welcome to have their own day to celebrate their situations too. Isn’t there a step- parents’ day now for example or have I made that up?

Stop getting millenials and gen z mixed up

Jesus Christ can we have nothing for ourselves

I think it’s right for there to be a day just for mothers

I think times have changed a bit - mothers’ day used to be such a thing because the women did everything. Hopefully that’s changed a bit. I know there is fathers’ day too, but now the whole thing is so much an Instagram-fest of visible adoration that I really don’t think it matters if we call it something else to help people with no mother feel a bit better.

Stop getting millenials and gen z mixed up

Yes please this!

Mothering Sunday actually is a religious day,and the "mother" in question is the church.

The church should really be calling it Mothering Sunday anyway.

I don’t think Parent’s Day is acceptable, but as suggested on another thread about primary schools, Mothers and Others or Special Person Day are kinder for looked after children or those who’ve lost their mum.

I think you've confused millennial and gen z.

I'm a millennial, my peer groups are millennial, we all call it mothers day, and would like it to remain as such. Not pregnant people day, or birthing people day or parents day. Its mothers day.

I love and adore my mother and , I want to celebrate her. Not "people" or "parents". Shes the genuine reason I walk this planet, without her having carried me to term, given birth to me, nurtured me and raised me. I'd be dead 🤣

No, it’s for Mothers and Grandmothers, fathers have their own day.

I hate mothers day. I don't think it should be renamed...but I do think both mother's and father's Day should not be celebrated in school.

If my Dcat wants to get me a card and a present for mothering him then I'm not gonna say he can't - but I'm also not going to put it anywhere on SM - how we celebrate Mother's Day in the privacy of our own home is our business.

I think it depends on the context. As there is also a father's Day I think it should usually be mother's day, and to be honest I haven't seen 'Parents day' anywhere.

But if it's in the context of something like a school event/ craft activity where there may be children who have lost their mother, in care etc then it is sensitive to include them by making it broader (although parents is still not great for that, better just to phrase it as making / buying a thank you for a loved one or someone who looks after you).

Just ill thought out though isn't it? If you want to take out the mothering element then 'parents' is no better, so it becomes 'carers' day?
The origin of Mothering Sunday is far more complex and interesting than the modern interpretation would have us know. Its roots in the church and the lives of the working classes, particularly those in service, is something we should not lose sight of.... although I'm as pleased as anyone to get a bunch of daffs and a card on the day.

Happy Mothers Day for tomorrow everyone.

Millenials were born between 1981 - 1996.

Whilst traditionally a religious holiday the current Mother's and Fathers day should be kept to appreciate the relevant parent (or parent figure).

Is it now becoming Parents day because of gender woo? Do we get two Parents days instead or is it just Mothers who are likely to miss out with fathers keeping their day intact?

Pet parents? Wtf?

I can't imagine that 'parents day' will take off. Retailers need their two separate days - mothers' day and fathers' day - to maximise profits from pushing tat at the punters, and they are the ones that tend to shape the evolution of these sorts of celebrations.

It seems a bit of a nonsense. How is it more inclusive? It is still going to'exclude' those who aren't parents, and children without parents. Life excludes, not (just) words. Everyone is going to have secret stabs of pain in certain circumstances. Why are so many people obsessed with the impossible task of using definitions/words to legislate this pain out of existence?

Mothering Sunday traditionally was the day when servants were given the day off to return to their family home and "mother" church so wasn't initially about mothers but family...

I haven't seen or heard this anywhere. Got a lot of people riled though. 🙄. They'll be cancelling Christmas and Easter next.

Don't be ridiculous! It's prizes for all remember? 😉

Your cat doesn't understand the concept of cards or presents. How does it even go to the shops to buy them?

Nuts