Teaching Friendship, Empathy, and Appreciation We’ve Narrowed Valentine’s Day Too Much Somewhere along the way, Valentine’s Day became almost exclusively about romance. Couples. Cards. Grand gestures. But when we zoom out — especially through the lens of kids, families, and real life — Valentine’s Day is really about relationships . Friendships. Family connections. Kindness. How we show care for the people around us. And that’s a message worth teaching — at every age. Relatio