Mother's Day is offensive to non-binary parents

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Toronto Star columnist Emma Teitel says that because “the gendered holidays of Mother’s Day and Father’s day are a drag for non-binary parents who don’t identify with a single gender,” we need to get rid of both altogether.

This is why I’d like to propose that we scrap both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day for good. And in the spirit of both inclusivity and selfishness, I’d like to propose a new holiday called “Guardian’s Day.” Guardian’s Day, which has a nice sci-fi fantasy ring to it, will be a rotating statutory holiday — meaning you can celebrate it any day you please, and you can interpret it any way you like. A guardian can be a mom, a dad, a non-binary parent, a grandparent, an aunt, an uncle, a pet owner, or why the heck not — somebody who takes really good care of his houseplants.

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