This is Part 1 of 3 of "Kill a Flower for Mother’s Day Niceness. Mother Earth will deal with you later."

Listen up, you many kids of all ages. It’s almost Mother’s Day. You know what that means, don’t you? Florists are happy as flowers are sacrificed.

What about mothers? Believe it or not, this one-day be-nice behavior does not fool mothers. They worry about your conduct on the other 364 days.

(What if you don’t have a mother? You had one. Once. And you still have Mother Earth. She needs you now more than ever. So please leave her flowers alone.)