Without a school and without a teacher to help them prepare the traditional noodle necklaces for Mother's Day, the children encountered by Europe 1 had to use their imagination and often manage to find gift ideas. 

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"I made a card and inside there will be a poem." Like every year, the children struggled to offer a small gift to their mother for their party. But this Sunday, it takes on a special character because of the coronavirus. Without a school and a teacher to guide them, leaving the traditional noodle necklace or the redecorated camembert box, the children had to show their imagination and manage on their own. 

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"I planned to buy a handbag from him, but as cheaply as possible"

This is particularly the case of Admissi and Maxens, met by Europe 1 at the Parisian home Don Bosco. "It was good, because we could do whatever we wanted," confirms the first. "I feel a little more autonomous," slips from his side his comrade. Others, on the contrary, received help from their older brothers and sisters to make house gifts ... or almost. "I made him chocolates," said another boy, "I planned to buy him a handbag, but as cheaply as possible," said another with a laugh. 

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To be reunited with family, "for a party"

But for mothers, it is above all the attention that counts. Especially when it allows you to forget a little often difficult confinement. "After all these moments when it was difficult to live together on the same roof, there we found an almost normal rhythm", confirms Véronique at the microphone of Europe 1, who will "appreciated to be reunited again" with her family "for a party". In any case, this mother already has a guaranteed gift: an outing outdoors, far from her Parisian apartment.