On Celebrating Father's Day

Erin shared this meme with us last week. Of course it's funny - Mother's Day gets way more celebration than Father's Day. Mom gets a parade, Dad has to by himself a cake and celebrate on his own. It's a joke that probably rings true with fathers across the globe. But it also got me thinking.

Across the world we have a fatherhood problem. So many men don't take the same interest in their children as their wives do. I am blessed to have a father who relishes his role, and I'm better for it. But so many children don't have that same joy that I have.

Maybe Father's Day isn't as celebrated because fathers aren't putting in as much work. Maybe, as "ye olde gendre normes" are broken down and fathers as a whole step their dad-game up, Father's Day will be more celebrated.

But maybe we should look at it the other way. Maybe Father's Day should be as big a deal as Mother's Day. Maybe that small cultural shift could be part of a larger change that assumes fatherhood is worth celebrating and living. Maybe that could help bring about the very shift that so many children would like to see.

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