For Mother's Day, and for the second consecutive year, The Daily Beast crunches the numbers-from child-care to pampering-to find out where moms have it best.
Sure, Mother's Day might be nothing more than an excuse to line the pockets of greeting-card company execs, but it's also not a bad time to genuinely thank Mom for all she's done, and to remember that the seed of Mother's Day wasn't planted inside some heartless board room, but began in 1870 with a simple proclamation by Julia Ward Howe protesting the horrors of the Civil War.
Related story on The Daily Beast: How Moms Make a Difference
Mother's Day, of course, has changed greatly since 1870 and, for the cynics out there, the holiday is nothing more than big business. After all, why should we celebrate mothers only one day a year? Why not every day? With that in mind, The Daily Beast for the...
Sure, Mother's Day might be nothing more than an excuse to line the pockets of greeting-card company execs, but it's also not a bad time to genuinely thank Mom for all she's done, and to remember that the seed of Mother's Day wasn't planted inside some heartless board room, but began in 1870 with a simple proclamation by Julia Ward Howe protesting the horrors of the Civil War.
Related story on The Daily Beast: How Moms Make a Difference
Mother's Day, of course, has changed greatly since 1870 and, for the cynics out there, the holiday is nothing more than big business. After all, why should we celebrate mothers only one day a year? Why not every day? With that in mind, The Daily Beast for the...
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