If you need a specific day to remember to honor the people that are important to you
then you are doomed to begin with. Tell your kids on mother's day to make that card for a motherly figure in their life, could be grandma or the Lady next door, whoever. Same goes for father's day. Have them make a card for a father figure. Even if the closest to that is their bus driver. Doesn't matter. We don't have to rename everything every year just because our population changes. Christmas isn't about Jesus' birth anymore either, but no one wants to rename it "gift giving frenzy day", even though in some areas it seems like the use of the name is forbidden now. Does really everyday have to be analyzed to death? What about Sunday? Statistically it rains most often on Sunday. Shall we rename it " Almostmonday"? Just so not to disappoint the people expecting Sunday to be sunny? There are really more important things in life. Honor the important people on your life as often as possible. No matter what you call them. Peace.

I guess I'm paranoid, like so many other parents. The thought that someone could snatch any of my children and I would never see them again, doesn't sit well with me. Every time I think of making my children walk by themselves I remember Holly Jones and Tori Stafford, and I feel crippled.

I walk with them when we are not running late, so they do get their exercise, plus I keep fit. We also go riding and to the parks in the area. I'm not worried about my children's activity level. I cook healthy meals, and make sure that they keep active, and limit the TV/Video game time.