The Best Mother’s Day Gifts for Every Type of Mom
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The New York Times
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🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Giving moms a break not only gives them that break, but acknowledges everything they're doing |
| 0:10.4 | and how much it takes to work and raise a family and be a partner if she's partnered. |
| 0:17.1 | And it takes a lot. |
| 0:18.4 | And so I think giving a break is a really loving gift in a way to acknowledge |
| 0:22.0 | that. I'm Kyra Blackwell. Day is coming up. |
| 0:43.9 | Okay, so tell me all the things that you're going to get your mom for Mother's Day and we'll bleep it out in post. |
| 0:50.0 | Oh, okay. |
| 0:50.4 | So when she listens, she won't hear it. |
| 0:51.9 | First of all, happy birthday and Mother's Day Mom. |
| 0:54.8 | Whoa. |
| 0:55.3 | Yeah, it's a big one. |
| 0:56.1 | Too far. |
| 0:56.5 | It's a big one for us. I'm going to get her a really beautiful bouquet of flowers. Love. And I think I'm going to get her a book subscription because she has been reading a lot more, and I want her to have stuff that's fun to read. I love this. I think you are really thoughtful about how you think about gifting, and I |
| 1:13.9 | tried to be as well. But like, there are lots of different people out there wanting lots of |
| 1:19.2 | different types of stuff, maybe not wanting things at all. For sure. And I feel like every year the |
| 1:24.0 | mother's day comes around, you want to acknowledge the mom or the maternal figure in your life. |
| 1:28.6 | But it's like, all right, let me dig deep. What are we doing this year? |
| 1:32.5 | I mean, even you, you have Mother's Day coming up. You are our mom. And also, your wife is too. So that's a whole thing. Like, it's hard to navigate because it comes every year, so you have to find a new thing at least once a year. |
| 1:45.2 | It can feel like you don't want to just tread the same ground all over again. to navigate because it comes every year, so you have to find a new thing at least once a year, |
| 1:45.2 | it can feel like you don't want to just tread the same ground all over again. Totally. And to be |
| 1:49.3 | fair, it's not necessarily about the gifts. It's, I think, about the acknowledgement of the |
| 1:56.0 | role of mothers play in our lives and quality time, but it's also about the gifts, you know, sometimes. So we're going |
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