The months of May and June bring Mother’s and Father’s Day celebrations, which can be emotional for various reasons.
If children have lost a parent, or even an adult losing one of theirs, these vacations can be especially difficult. But does that mean that schools shouldn’t even help the children celebrate those vacations so that nobody seems excluded?
That’s the question being raised after this letter was sent to parents in the Mission School District in British Columbia, Canada.
It was sent out to Grade 1 and 2 students informing parents that their children will not be constructing Mothers and Fathers Day gifts at school this year has become still more inclusive of, and fostering, students who are part of non-traditional families.
Global News shared the letter on their page, and more than 3,800 people left statements in the discussion.
People are clearly passionate on both sides of the issue…
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