Father's Day! A Day of Honouring Fatherhood

 Father's Day! A Day of Honouring Fatherhood


Do you think a father is as important as a mother is or is he not? 

Father's Day is a day of honouring fatherhood, and the influence of fathers in society. In America, Father's Day was founded by Sonora Smart Dodd and celebrated on the third Sunday of June for the first time in 1910. The day is held on various dates across the world and different regions maintain their own traditions of honouring fatherhood. 

All of us know that a father is just as important for a child as the mother is. If mothers are the heroes of child rearing, significance of father in the development and emotional well-being of a child is no less. Children depend on their father for their spiritual, emotional, physical, financial and social well-being. For daughters, father is the ideal man in the world and also the first man they adore, while for sons, father is an idol and the strongest man they aspire to emulate.

Fathers are central to the emotional well-being of their children; they are capable caretakers and disciplinarians. Their unconditional love is no less than mothers. 

For, most often children take love of their parents for granted. Celebration of Father's Day makes them ponder for a while on the important role their father play in their life. This helps them appreciate the selfless care and protection provided by their father and hence they come emotionally closer to their dad.

The presence and involvement of a father is unlike anything else in the universe. That’s because dads mimic what our heavenly Father does for us, His children—He protects, shelters, comforts and loves.

"The most precious things a father can provide are time, attention and love." -Tim Russert. 

Happy Father's Day!


-Kavya Mehta 

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