{"id":121,"date":"2010-05-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/05\/mothers-day.html"},"modified":"2010-05-07T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-07T12:00:00","slug":"mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/05\/mothers-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Mother&#8217;s Day 2010, Despite Disappointing Research Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mother&#8217;s Day, which falls this Sunday, is technically a secular holiday, but a range of denominations incorporate it into their worship services each year. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Love-Family\/Holidays\/Mothers-Day\/index.aspx\">Beliefnet&#8217;s Mother&#8217;s Day 2010<\/a> page for inspirational quotes, prayers and other links for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Not to be a Debbie Downer, but on a related note, two studies have come out recently that indicate America&#8217;s moms aren&#8217;t quite as happy as their counterparts in other westernized nations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org\/newsroom\/2010\/the-best-and-worst-places.html\">Save the Children&#8217;s 11th annual Mother&#8217;s Index <\/a>now ranks the U.S.&nbsp;as the&nbsp;28th best place in the&nbsp;world to be a mother&nbsp;(down from 27 last year, due to our relatively high childbirth mortality rates), a finding that concerns the folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/ncronline.org\/blogs\/ncr-today\/best-country-be-mom-not-us\">National Catholic Reporter,&nbsp;<\/a>among others.<\/li>\n<li>New <a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pubs\/1586\/changing-demographic-characteristics-american-mothers?src=prc-latest&amp;proj=peoplepress\">Pew research reports that the rate of unwed motherhood is up <\/a>in the United States,&nbsp;a finding that <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/roddreher\/2010\/05\/more-us-unwed-mothers-than-ever.html\">disturbs&nbsp;Beliefnet&#8217;s Rod Dreher<\/a>, among others.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the other hand, even more reason to thank our moms and make this a special day, right?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother&#8217;s Day, which falls this Sunday, is technically a secular holiday, but a range of denominations incorporate it into their worship services each year. 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