On Valentine’s Day this year, I sent my toddler to preschool with little cards he had picked out at the drug store the weekend before. I helped him write the names of everyone in his class, he scribbled on the cards using crayons, and we stuck heart stickers on the envelopes. But when my child came home from school that day and we emptied his small backpack, I was floored by what I saw: high-quality solid milk chocolates, handwritten cards, and red and pink loot bags filled with small toys, boxes of crayons and mini tubs of Play-Doh. Many parents had really gone above and beyond what I’d expect in a preschool class, and for better or worse, this might just be the new norm? In the weeks leading up to any holiday, mom-fluencers on social media are often yapping about how to make things “extra special” for kids –…