Today I had the day to myself and went for coffee and paper to a local bagel shop early in the morning. The place was almost packed with fathers and young children. I did not see a single child over 9 or 10 years old there and I wondered if they are sleeping late and will celebrate father's day throughout the day at a later time.
The truth of the matter is that I do not think that the kids between 8 and 35, or until they become parents themselves, remember father's day as well as they remember mother's day. Younger kids have their mother to help them plan the day and buy gifts and cards, but when the kids grow older and planning the day becomes their responsibility, most of them genuinely forget father's day.
When the kids grow older and become parents themselves, they start to remember this day more, and start acknowledging it in ways that actually makes a lot of sense and is more enjoyable to the parent, like spending time with dad.
But it is still difficult for me to understand that why kids never forget mother's day, even if they do not acknowledge it, but they have difficulty remembering father's day. Is there not enough advertising by media? Are father's not as important as mother's? Or is it because mother's day has been around for the longest time and father's day is relatively new to the society?
In our house hold, the female 4teen never forgets any of these days and tries her out most to make the best celebration with the most adequate gifts. The male 4teen, on the other hand, is a whole different story!! He remembers mother's day and tries very hard to unremember it. Furthermore, he never knows when is father's day, unless being reminded, and then celebrates it lavishly.
The way I see it, fathers are very important in life, but mothers are more. With that being said, every child needs both normal and decent parent to grow into a healthy and stable adult.
