Why Mother's Day is Important for Children

As Mother's Day weekend approaches, I thought this was a great perspective on celebrating Mother's Day- from our children's point of view.

Enjoy and Happy Mother's Day ladies!


Why Mother's Day is Important For Children

Mother’s Day is important for children. This Mother’s Day take note how your children celebrate the occasion. They will probably celebrate it in much the same way year after year. Do they do anything special for you? Do they do the same things as they did last year? Maybe they give you breakfast in bed and insist on unwrapping gifts before you eat? Maybe they wrap their gifts in a certain way or hide them throughout the house, as occurs in one family. Take note of the special activities that your loved ones create and develop on Mother’s Day.

We often take these for granted but it is in the differences and uniqueness that the power of rituals lie.It is the rituals of events such as Mother’s Day that are significant. Australian psychologist Andrew Fuller calls family rituals “the coat hooks upon which we hang your family and childhood memories”. Family rituals such as Mother’s Day are extraordinarily protective for children as in times of change it is the rituals that remain constant.

Rituals such as Mother’s Day are also anchors to childhood for adolescents. Even teenagers tend to celebrate important days such as Mothers Days and birthdays in the same ways that they did when they were young. At a time when they are rapidly moving toward adulthood the ritual of Mother’s Day helps them to revisit their childhoods at least for a time. Also as everything in their world becomes increasingly transient it is a reminder that some things don’t change.If you are a new mother then you will be shaping the way that Mother’s Day will be celebrated. You will probably bring some traditions from your family of origin, particularly if Mother’s Day was a special event.

If you got together as a family for lunch then you will probably keep that tradition going in your new family and integrate with visits to your family of origin. Strong families value rituals such as Mother’s Day. They look for every opportunity to gather and guard these rituals assiduously. It is rituals that bring everyone together when life gets frantic and other activities get tossed aside.

When families begin to break down it is rituals that are the first causalities of conflict. As families become increasingly similar in this media age it is important to maintain those distinctive traditions and rituals such as the way you celebrate Mother’s Day that make each family special and signify a child’s significance within his primary social group – his family.

The Price Of A Mom: $138,095

As Mother's Day weekend approaches; I would like to say "Way to go Moms! Looks like we got a raise since last year! " It's a raise that is well deserved, that's for sure! Joel and I were discussing this today over our morning coffee. It's too bad Moms can't actually collect their pay-- unfortunately; as inflation would run rampid & the salary ranges of other people's professions would go way down. Sigh!

However, on the other hand, there are so many other benefits to being a Mom. It's the satisfaction that comes from nurturing our childen and the seeds that we sow into their lives, only watch them find their wings as we give them their roots. But, you know-- Motherhood is priceless anyway, cause the word "Mother" is more than a noun... its a verb in my book! Wink! :)

Wishing all the ladies a Happy Mothers day! Give yourselves a well deserved pat on the back & I hope you take time out to nurture yourself today & everyday!

The Price of a Mom: $138,095

A new report assigns a salary to a stay-at-home mother, based on the jobs she does in a normal week.
By MSN Money staff

What's a Mom worth?

According to one new report, $138,095 a year.

That's the figure in a report by Salary.com, which calculates the wages that would have been paid a stay-at-home mom in 2007 if she were compensated for all the elements of her "job." That total is up 3% from 2006's salary of $134,121.
Moms who have jobs outside the house would earn another $85,939 for their mothering work, beyond what they bring home in existing salary

The job descriptions that Salary.com used to determine a mom's salary includes 10 jobs that moms do on an average day: housekeeper, day care center teacher, cook, computer operator, laundry machine operator, janitor, facilities manager, van driver, CEO and psychologist.
Plenty of overtime

In calculating a mom's wages, Salary.com looked at the "overtime" that both working and stay-at-home moms put in each week.
"Mom works multiple jobs and rarely gets a break from the action, working an average of 52 hours of overtime," said Bill Coleman, senior vice president at Salary.com, in a statement.According to the Salary.com survey, stay-at-home moms work a 92-hour week, with more than half the workweek spent in overtime.
Working moms, meanwhile, logged more than nine hours of "overtime," with an average 49-hour "mom" work week -- on top of their full-time paying jobs.

For the Salary.com survey, more than 40,000 moms quantified their hours per job description; Salary.com benchmarked the median salaries for each job to the national median salary for each position as reported by employers.
The final salary was calculated by weighting the salaries and hours worked in each role.