Father's Day

Father's day is a day observed in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Costa Rica, Germany, Taiwan, and some other Commonwealth countries. It is a day set aside to honor your father and all men who have acted as a father figure in a childs life. But this holiday was not always widely accepted. It was inaugarated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting, and to honor and commemorate fathers. But initially it was met with laughter. Most people thought it was a way to fill calendars with mindless holidays such as Grandparents day, Secretaries Day, National clean your desk day, etc. Unlike mother's day, it took a lot of years to make this an official holiday. Not until 1976 was it made an official holiday in the US by President Nixon.

Why father's day should have been given such a low ranking over mother's day is debatable. But in todays society where father's are playing a much higher roll in children's lives, they deserve to be recognized just as much as mothers.

Don't forget, this year Father's Day is Sunday, June 21, 2009.

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