{"id":1278,"date":"2022-05-03T11:33:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T15:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/mothers-day-is-sunday-may-8th\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T14:47:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T18:47:12","slug":"mothers-day-is-sunday-may-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/mothers-day-is-sunday-may-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother\u2019s Day is Sunday, May 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4056 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/21026295934_83499934f7_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"237\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mother\u2019s Day\u00a0recognizes\u00a0mothers, motherhood, and maternal bonds in general, as well as the positive contributions that they make to society. It is celebrated in the United States on the second Sunday in May.\u00a0It was established by Anna Jarvis, with the first official\u00a0Mother\u2019s Day\u00a0was celebrated at St. Andrew\u2019s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, on May 10, 1908.<\/p>\n<p>You will\u00a0find lots of fun ideas for projects you can make with your host children on the <strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aupairinamerica\/mothers-day\/\">Au Pair in America Mother\u2019s Day pinboard<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"color: #808080\">Photo: Mike van Dalen (Flickr)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother\u2019s Day\u00a0recognizes\u00a0mothers, motherhood, and maternal bonds in general, as well as the positive contributions that they make to society. It is celebrated in the United States on the second Sunday in May.\u00a0It was established by Anna Jarvis, with the first official\u00a0Mother\u2019s Day\u00a0was celebrated at St. Andrew\u2019s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, on May 10,  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/mothers-day-is-sunday-may-8th\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[590,591,13,592,162,228,593],"class_list":["post-1278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-au-pairs","tag-cards","tag-celebrations","tag-crafts","tag-gifts-from-the-kids","tag-holiday","tag-mothers-day","tag-motherhood"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mother\u2019s Day is Sunday, May 8th - 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