July 28 is National Parents Day #ParentsDay and we shouldn’t need a #Holiday to tell our parents we appreciate them it should be done every day of the year. Since my parents are in #Heaven I plan on asking David if he would like to go see his parents and take them dinner for all they do for my family. Then I plan on asking Charlie if he would like to celebrate his dad and what he would like to do which will also prolong David’s Birthday celebration which he needs.
I have a question for you where would we be without our parents. The people who loved us even before we were born? Our parents do so much for us every day of our young lives and the love doesn’t stop once we’re adults. That’s why it’s good to honor our parents on their special day, National Parents’ Day on July 28th, is celebrated on the fourth Sunday in July.
While Mother’s and Father’s days were first officially celebrated in the early 1900s, (and National Grandpa Day is already approaching its 40th year anniversary); National Parents’ Day wasn’t established until 1994. That’s when President Bill Clinton signed a Congressional Resolution “recognizing, uplifting, and supporting the role of parents in bringing up their children.”
Parents are the greatest gift of nature we have. There is nothing that comes close to taking our parents place in our lives. The role of parents is integral in the development of a child’s life. The aim of National Parents’ Day is to promote responsible parenting and encourage positive reinforcement by parents for children. It goes the other way as well, as National Parents Day also celebrates the sacrifices of parents and the unparalleled bond of love between parents and their children.
President Bill Clinton established National Parents Day in 1994 by signing the Congressional Resolution that approved National Parents’ Day by law. Republican Senator Trent Lott introduced the law, with the aim of “uplifting, and supporting the role of parents in the rearing of children.” A wonderful law.
It makes sense that National Parents’ Day is celebrated in July, seeing as how Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day celebrations fall in the months of May and June. National Parents’ Day is observed on the fourth Sunday of July every year, with participation from citizens, educational institutions, federal and local governments, legislative bodies, and organizations. Activities and events take place to recognize, uplift, and support the role of parents in raising their children.
The Parents’ Day Council essentially promotes National Parents Day through ceremonies. An example is the Parents of the Year award, which honors those who set an outstanding standard for positive parenthood at local, State, and national levels. How would you like to celebrate National Parents Day today?
National Parents’ Day Traditions
Just like Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day, Parents’ Day is another time of the year when cards, presents, flowers, food hampers, and cakes are gifted to parents or other people who serve as parental figures in our lives. A popular tradition is to have family dinners or lunches. Special announcements are made locally for exemplary parental figures at Church services and community events. A recent addition to the annual traditions for National Parents’ Day is the hosting of rallies and proclamations, which involve organizations like the United Civil Rights Councils of America.
National Parents’ Day Activities
- Parents love visits from the kids and grandkids and let’s face it grandparents aren’t going to be around forever, as much as we wish they could be.
- Parents are always dispensing wisdom and advice as we grow up, most of the advice is unsolicited. As kids, we often dismiss these truths or ignore them outright. Then, we grow up and have kids of our own and we realize how right our parents were about pretty much everything all along.
- Take the opportunity today to find out where your parents have always wanted to go and send them on vacation. Take care of every detail so that all your folks have to do is show up at the airport or the Cruise ship terminal!
Facts About Parenting
- No matter how much you prepare for being a parent, there is no guaranteed way to accomplish parenting successfully. There will be days when you will wonder whether parenthood was the right choice.
- Your quirks and mannerisms will be mirrored by your children. You’ll start to see more and more of yourself in them as time goes on, and it will really make you think and want to be a better person.
- It’s a hard pill to swallow, and it is a slow progression, but you’ll find yourself saying the same things your parents did when you were younger.
- Your Netflix will be full of kids’ shows and cartoon movies, and you won’t really mind.
- Whether it is a milestone your child reached or a setback, everything that your child feels, you will feel tenfold.
Why People Love National Parents’ Day
- When we’re helpless babes in swaddling clothes; our parents feed us, burp us, and clean up our messy bums. When we’re up all night crying, our parents hold us close to their hearts and walk around the living room singing to us. Our parents bandage our booboos. Our parents give us someone to rely on, shoulders to cry on, and advice about kids in our classes who bully us or say they have a crush on us. There’s nothing our parents haven’t done for us. We owe them everything.
- Moms have Mother’s Day in May, and fathers have Fathers Day in June, so it seems appropriate that the very next month of the calendar has a day just for parents. While a relative newcomer to the slate of American familial holidays, National Parents’ Day has evolved into one of our favorites. Remember that even if the person or people who raised you with love aren’t biologically-related to you, they have been there during good times and bad. Let’s honor all of these people.
- Parents think we’re beautiful little miracles when we’re kids and even after we’ve grown up. Parents cheer for us when we step up to bat during Little League and our parents encourage us while we learn to play trumpet or even, drums. Our parents mark our growth on door jambs and walls. Our parents celebrate us every day and now it’s our chance to return the love on National Parent Day.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
