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  • School Bans Mother's Day Cards

    02/09/2007 2:04:31 PM PST · by Froufrou · 42 replies · 949+ views
    dailymail.com ^ | 02/07/09 | Unknown
    A school has banned the making of Mother’s Day cards because the headteacher does not want to upset children without a mother. Helen Starkey has ended the tradition in the interests of "sensitivity". "More than five per cent of children here are separated from their birth mother and have either no contact or no regular contact with their mother," she said. "This decision was not taken because of any philosophical attitude towards the celebration of Mothering Sunday, but to protect a significant number of children in our school. "In all our dealings with these children we have to exercise great...