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 sometimes made them daft things…heart shaped toast for breakfast or one year put paper red hearts that I'd cut out in their chair at breakfast.

I was a single parent so added a bit of fun!

I've got my daughter a card from the cat and a little ty teddy she will love.

It is commercial and soppy but I like how it's now just a celebration of love and kindness.

I also remember being age 8 or 9 and wishing someone would send me a little card to tell me they loved me and never getting one. As an adult I don't care so much and I don't need a card from husband to tell me he loves me. It may be a card from the cat but DD knows it's me really and it will make her happy and I've spent less than £5 total.

I've also got some love heart shaped crumpets from breakfast because they are cute!

I think what we can take away from this post is that we must never ever buy our children chocolate or sweets on February 14th.
No special breakfasts are to be made either.

Are we allowed to say I love you to them on 14th or is that weird too?

Any excuse I guess but no I don’t and partner and I don’t participate either. It’s not a big deal, I think if people want to then that’s a nice thing they want to do I’d never judge someone else if it’s what makes them happy

It's the same as other occasions though - I haven't succumbed to the Christmas boxes or elf on the shelf (or buying a bloody Stanley which seems to be the current focus..). Parents just need to say 'all families are different' and move on if friends are marking traditions differently.

WTAF is this? Valentine's Day is for sending anonymous cards to a secret love.

Sometime in the 90's it became about smug couples sending each other the contents of Clinton Cards and restaurants putting up their prices which was ridiculous enough but getting gifts and cards for children?! Seriously?

No, that's a really strange idea.

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.

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

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 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 ☺️

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 😂

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'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.

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

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. 😂

What fresh hell is this?

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

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

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

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.

Nope! Valentine’s is about romantic love.

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.

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