Do you get your children anything for Valentines day

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Or do any activities with them?

I’m seeing it more and more as a thing for kids to be involved in, as in crafts or getting heart cupcakes..do you do things like that?

I think this is really sweet, both the action and the rationale behind it

Jeez. Makes me think of "Religion for Atheists" by Alain de Boton. There's a big hole in society where religion used to be. People are desperate for meaning and rituals. I guess it's harmless.

I don't even get my partner anything never mind the kids 😂

Yeah this has always been my understanding. Granted this may have come mostly from The Simpsons episode where Ralph gets an I choo-choo-choose you card, and probably other American shows in the 90s!

It has been both a cute kids thing and a new couples thing as long as I can remember. I have a Jellycat croissant for my daughter for 'breakfast', I am not sure how that can be seen as 'grooming' you weirdos. Nothing for and from husband though, although if he came home with some heart Haribo I would be pretty happy.

My Mum used to make Valentines buns, my granny sent cards to us all way back in the 80s, this is not new. We are not in the UK though.

Yes, I remember the schools and pre-schools that my DC attended one of whom is now a late teen so a good 13 years ago got them to make Valentine's cards for us- one a heart with big long card arms that open as you opened the card, I have it in my Memories box.

We rarely exchange cards of any kind (married over 30 years) but if I saw that I’d definitely buy it for DH!

Of course not. That is absolutely crazy!

I was looking at valentines cards yesterday and was astounded at the ridiculousness of some of them. Valentines cards for daughters, "Galentines" cards...WTF are they?

Such nonsense

We don't, neither of us like it.

No. I think it's important that kids don't get something on every occasion.
Valentine's is not about kids.

I agree with this.
When I was married I thought it was not a bad thing for the kids to see Mum and Dad having a day where just they exchange cards and make a bit of a fuss of each other. I didn't make a point of it or anything.
I guess it's akin to kids learning that they don't get a present on their sibling's birthday.

I never did growing up as it was - is - a celebration of romantic love and therefore not for kids.

My siblings and colleagues are all buying Valentines boxes for their kids, though - stuffed full of pink and red gifts (have seen the pics). The worst is the one who’s also doing a Galentines Day box for her girl children - she’s spent a fortune on it all.

I think it’s weird that adults can’t have anything to themselves because everything now revolves around kids, and consumerism gone mad to boot, but what do I know?

This 😂

I’m in my 50s and we used to get a card from our DGM’s cat and a chocolate heart or something similar 😂

Valentine’s Day was more for young single people when I was a kid, mostly teenagers and young adults. The “tradition” of couples celebrating Valentine’s Day is quite recent and wasn’t really a big thing when I was a child (in the UK). It was more about finding love. The much older tradition was to send anonymous cards to people you “liked” and that was still the predominant tradition. Valentine’s cards were meant to be left unsigned. It was all about how many Valentines you got when I was a teen 🙄

The “tradition” of celebrating romantic love with your partner is just as much a recent commercialised marketing ploy as buying Valentines gifts for kids 🤷‍♀️

No, why would you?

Yes always usually a card and a small gift.

Yep, I get something for all 4 of mine and my husband will buy a little bunch of flowers for our daughter. I normally do them a cute breakfast too, they love it. My DH and I will probably have a meal deal from either M&S or Waitrose.

My 19 year old is in his first relationship and has booked a table at a restaurant and has organised for flowers to be delivered. I like to think that’s a little bit down to us making Valentines a fun occasion for all these years 😂

I'm sorry, what?!?
Kids have Xmas, what would they also have Valentine's day?
For me VD is about 1) romantic love and 2) having sex

This was an old Norfolk tradition which we still do today. It was so exciting to go to the door and there was no one there but a pile of presents!

"Under the cover of darkness, Jack Valentine will silently leave small trinkets on your doorstep before knocking and hiding unseen. Sometimes there might be no gift at all (or even a piece of coal or meaningless scribble). Other times, just as you go to pick it up, it’ll suddenly be whisked playfully away and out of reach by an invisible piece of string! Some say this is his counterpart Snatch Valentine at work.
We may not know who Jack Valentine is, but his mischievous ways are still passed down generation to generation for a fun way to celebrate Valentine’s Eve."

No!

Don't make this a thing or we'll end up with "Valent-vent' advent calendars and stupid matchy matchy PJ'S for all the family.

It doesn't need to be about romantic love.

My daughter will get a special breakfast and a little box of treats - new animal stuffed toy, a book, some valentines sweets and some hair clips. She loves it!

We love celebrating occasions - especially in winter. Helps to break up the grey days!

Not sure why everyone is against it - it is not very different if I took her to Smyths and bought her some toys/books!

No, but I might share my chocs if I get some or if it's flowers DS can admire them

Ah shit I'm going to have to apologise to my family for kicking off the 'kitchen grooming' when I made a card to tell my parents I love them. I have when I accidentally groom people. Somehow my sister and I aren't scarred for life from getting cards and small chocolates from our parents on V Day though.
If tradition is important, Valentine was originally associated with courtly love. I'm assuming the majority of people celebrating today don't live at court so we've all bastardised it ove the years. He's also (as I shared in the last post about this) patrin saint of bee keepers and epilepsy if people really want to celebrate his day 'properly' tomorrow.

I don't have kids but I can imagine that if suddenly some kids start showing off their new stuff after VD, kids whose parents don't get them anything may feel a bit left out.
And eventually it's more pressure on parents (ahem...mums actually) to buy buy buy buy, and more tat that ends up in landfills.

No. We only take part in the main celebrations: Christmas, birthdays and Pancake Day.