Survey Results from the USA/ Ответы наших партнеров из США

Moravian Academy

Here are the results of our parent's survey:
Store bought gifts for Mom:
~flowers, cards, jewelry, clothes, books, earrings, purse, shirt, necklace, vase, a colorful scarf, favorite soap, and take her to lunch.
Handmade gifts for mom:
~cards, paper hearts, books, scarf, breakfast in bed, drawings, pictures, poems, a school bag, and a painting.
Additional questions:

1. What special activities did you enjoy doing with your mom?
~cooking, gardening, baking, talking to her about anything, knitting, shopping, playing board games, taking walks, going to the beach, doing volunteer work together, going on family outings, laughing, playing cards, going to the library, going to the park, and singing songs with her harmonica.

2. What special skills/talents did your mother teach (or pass down) to you?
~baking, being nice to everyone, attention to details, creativity, knitting, how to write and read in Spanish, cooking, the importance of family, cooking ethnic foods, canoeing, patience, how to make fudge, how to be a good mom, and to be hard working.

If you get a chance, we'd love to know to result of your survey.
It'd be interesting to see how we are alike and different.

Thanks, I think the moms enjoyed sharing these ideas with their children.

Robyn Endress,
Bethlehem, PA

USA