with me it's the opposite. flowers, handmade cards, well-chosen inexpensive gifts... when i die it will come as a shock to my wife to learn that neither of her children even knows that mother's day is in may. every year.
and now some not so "nice" parenting http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/mom-punishes-teenage-daughter-exiling-her-siberia-154900830.html
Some more not so nice parenting... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...nian-couple-arrested-for-of-film-maker-son-47