{"id":27451,"date":"2025-05-09T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27451"},"modified":"2025-05-09T09:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:29:10","slug":"mothers-day-and-fathers-day-cards-offer-parents-performance-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27451","title":{"rendered":"Mother\u2019s Day and Father\u2019s Day Cards Offer Parents Performance Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Once in a year, in May or June, parents get a window, or a fun-house mirror, into how their children feel they\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

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The \u201cAll About My Mom\u201d worksheet that Chrissy Powers received from her daughter, Ruby, last Mother\u2019s Day offered some surprises.<\/p>\n

First, that Ms. Powers was 21. (She was 42.)<\/p>\n

Second, that Ruby\u2019s favorite thing to do with her mother was baking.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve literally baked a cake together once,\u201d said Ms. Powers, a family therapist in San Diego. \u201cI didn\u2019t realize how meaningful that was to her until I got that quote-unquote report card.\u201d The mother of three (Ruby was 5 at the time) proceeded to \u201cpsychoanalyze\u201d the feedback in a post on TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dusty Stanfield, 47, works from home in Fulshear, Texas, as a marketing specialist for athletes \u2014 a job that looks like sitting on the couch to the youngest of his five children. In preschool, his son stated in a Father\u2019s Day survey that \u201che basically does nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Parenting, Mr. Stanfield said, is a \u201cwork in progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is also a long game. We invest love, energy and strategy, then wait 18 to 30-plus years for the results. Until then, it can be hard to assess our progress. Yet once a year, the cards that children create for their parents \u2014 whether it\u2019s for Mother\u2019s Day in May or Father\u2019s Day in June \u2014 offer a window, or a fun-house mirror, into how we\u2019re doing and how they perceive us. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hunter Barker Rogers, an intensive care nurse and former paramedic, was dubbed a 74-year-old \u201cambulance girl\u201d by her daughter.<\/span>Hunter Barker Rogers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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In lieu of a card, Claire Zulkey was given a paper towel roll with \u201cmom, mom, mom, mom, mom\u201d written on it.<\/span>Claire Zulkey<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Once in a year, in May or June, parents get a window, or a fun-house mirror, into how their children feel they\u2019re doing.The \u201cAll About My Mom\u201d worksheet that Chrissy Powers received from her daughter, Ruby, last Mother\u2019s Day offered some surprises.First, that Ms. Powers was 21. (She was 42.)Second, that Ruby\u2019s favorite thing to do with her mother was baking.\u201cWe\u2019ve literally baked a cake together once,\u201d said Ms. Powers, a family therapist in San Diego. \u201cI didn\u2019t realize how meaningful that was to her until I got that quote-unquote report card.\u201d The mother of three (Ruby was 5 at the time) proceeded to \u201cpsychoanalyze\u201d the feedback in a post on TikTok.Dusty Stanfield, 47, works from home in Fulshear, Texas, as a marketing specialist for athletes \u2014 a job that looks like sitting on the couch to the youngest of his five children. In preschool, his son stated in a Father\u2019s Day survey that \u201che basically does nothing.\u201dParenting, Mr. Stanfield said, is a \u201cwork in progress.\u201dIt is also a long game. We invest love, energy and strategy, then wait 18 to 30-plus years for the results. Until then, it can be hard to assess our progress. Yet once a year, the cards that children create for their parents \u2014 whether it\u2019s for Mother\u2019s Day in May or Father\u2019s Day in June \u2014 offer a window, or a fun-house mirror, into how we\u2019re doing and how they perceive us. Hunter Barker Rogers, an intensive care nurse and former paramedic, was dubbed a 74-year-old \u201cambulance girl\u201d by her daughter.Hunter Barker RogersIn lieu of a card, Claire Zulkey was given a paper towel roll with \u201cmom, mom, mom, mom, mom\u201d written on it.Claire ZulkeyWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27453,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27451"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27454,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27451\/revisions\/27454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}