Father’s Day 2018: The third Sunday of June is here and it’s time to celebrate your real life superheroes again! This year the father’s day will be celebrated on June 17, 2018 — Sunday. Like every year, it is a day to tell all the fathers how much we appreciate their unconditional love and support and to shower them with father’s day wishes and gifts. It is impossible to repay what a father does in order to bring his child up as an amazing and compassionate human being but we can surely make an entire day just about them and make them feel like the most special person. Around the world, father’s day is celebrated to recognise the enormous contribution that fathers and father figures make in the lives of their children. It’s a day to celebrate the essence of fatherhood.
Different countries around the world celebrate this day on different dates. Countries like India, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States observe this day on the third Sunday of June.
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Father’s day history:
The idea of Father’s Day — a special day in honour of fathers and a celebration of fatherhood was introduced first in the United States. A woman named Sonora Smart Dodd got inspiration from the American Mother’s Day celebrations to plan a day to honour fathers.
In the US, the celebration of Father’s Day is over a 100-years-old and it is believed that the occasion is being celebrated since 1910. The celebrations inspired many countries including the United Kingdom and thus began the worldwide custom of Father’s Day which is now celebrated with cards, gifts and memorable day outs.
Father’s Day is considered extremely important as it is a sentiment that helps in strengthening the child-father relationship and also helps in the emotional development of a child. It is a way to acknowledge the contribution of fathers to individual families and to societies at large. The observance of Father’s Day provides children with an opportunity to express love and respect for their fathers.
