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A mum has demanded Tesco removes its Valentine's Day cards for children as she finds it "weird".

Nicola, who has an eight-year-old son, was horrified to see a large selection for sale in the Tesco superstore in Plymouth.

The store has a range of cards for children to send to their parents and parents to send to their children, including Spiderman and Frozen themes.

But Nicola told Plymouth Live she would "punch" anyone in the face who sent her child a Valentine's Day card and said it's "not normal".

She believes Valentine's Day is for adult relationships and that it is "an attempt to normalise abnormal relationships with children," adding anyone who sends a child a card "needs locking up".

The 32-year-old said she raised the issue with staff and called the customer service team, who apparently told her that parents show their affection in different ways and it would not be removing the cards from the shelf.

Tesco's said they provide the cards so that everyone can take part in the day.

(Image: Nichola)

But Nicola told: "There's one that says, 'Daddy loves you lots like jelly tots', that's weird.

"This is not normal.

"Valentine’s Day is for lovers. It’s not something that you should involve children in.

"It’s not something that a normal person would think of sending a child. It’s wrong."

Nicola said that a number of her friends agreed with her and that she hoped the store would remove the cards.

(Image: Nichola)

She said: "They [Tesco] told me they’re not going to remove them from the shelves. It’s really weird, it doesn’t quite sit right.

"They [Tesco] told me that some parents show their affection in different ways, but I think they need locking up.

"As a parent, if anyone was to give my son that card I’d be punching them in the face.

"The children’s ones I do not think are appropriate."

Nicola believes that primary schools should ban Valentine's Day.

She said: "Some people might buy these cards because they think its cute, but in my opinion it's just weird.

"It's an attempt to normalise abnormal relationships with children.

"In my opinion Valentine's Day has always been about relationships and lovers, not children especially young children which I believe these cards are aimed at due to the pictures and wording."

She added: "I believe primary schools should ban Valentine's Day as I feel the children are too young to really understand the concept of relationships, they should let children be children."

A Tesco spokesperson said: “We provide a range of cards so that everyone can take part in Valentine’s day.”

A number of online card retailers, including Moonpig and Funky Pigeon also sell cards aimed at children for Valentine's Day, according to Plymouth Live.