Father's Day Poetry

OK - 5 days to go to Father's Day and here's a little clip from the youtube archives. Def Jam's Shihan on the very topic ...

-Stef

Happy Father's Day for all dads in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Honduras and Bolivia

Today is the day for all fathers in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Honduras and Bolivia. Here's our message to you:

Feliz Día del Padre!
Felice Giorno del Padre!
Feliz Dia do Pai!
Fröhlicher Vatertag!

And by sheer coincidence (or following yesterday's post) I got sent a msg from one of the world's largest manufacturers of jigsaw puzzles about Father's Day in Spain.

It's about creating a personalised puzzle made from photos. Nice idea for a father's day gift - especially if you spend some of your time on father's day putting it together with your kids!

-Stef

Happy Father’s Day!

A very happy father’s day to all father’s celebrating this day that recognises fathers.
Today DIYFather was invited to attend and be involved in a Father’s Day celebration held at Capitol E, Civic Square, Wellington.

The event was organised by Jigsaw and supported by, Capitol E!, Wellington Rugby Lions, Classic Hits and DIYFather.

Entertainment came by a one man Pirate Show, thank you Captain Fearless Fickletummy for a very entertaining morning.

Special guest Cory Jane from the Wellington Lions.

Site review: SomeoneSpoilMe.com

We recently found out about a reminder service for gits called SomeoneSpoilMe.com. A good idea? Certainly. The site is well put together and features daily gift ideas as well as a reminder service (although the navigation is a bit cumbersome and it seems there are still a few bugs left to tidy up). The site design and imagery is clearly targetting women - which is fine of course. Unfortunately Father's Day (in the US) seems to bring out the worst in stereotypes and generalisations about what fathers like and someonespoilme.com is no different in their approach. So they end up being another site that strengthens the image of fathers as the "dim-witted parent who is really only good for bringing home the bacon (see below)".

Example of the day from someonespoilme.com:

"Cheers to Dad! (Posted Monday 9 June 08)

Try Again Mothers

An article was submitted to DIYFather by one of the many mother's sites online. The article is dedicated to fathers on their special day "Father's Day".

However this article in my view is not dedicated to men or even written for men as an audience but rather an attempt to be-little men as fathers to their female readers.

...These were just two examples of the fathers in the animal kingdom. Fathers I mean human fathers this time; have more responsibilities towards their kids and they strive to fulfil them in a rather clumsy way [no offense dads!]just to please their little ones, which is admirable and cute most of the time I should say… so in order to appreciate them in a special way Father's day is celebrated every third Sunday of the month of June...read the whole article

But then why send it to DIYFather??? clearly DIYFather is a site solely dedicated to Men as Fathers, so mothers really think it is acceptable to belittle our abilities as fathers?

Father's Day Video from "Evolution of Dad" -- Part 2 of 7

In celebration of Father's Day, the filmmakers behind the "Evolution of Dad" documentary project filmed close to 150 people around New York City, talking about their dads. The interviews are touching, funny and sometimes heartbreaking. We hope you enjoy the videos and share them with those you care about this Father's Day.

It may not be Father's Day today, but as a father it is great to hear the appreciation and love for fathers.

Call your father

Warm Regards

- Eric

Father's Day Video from "Evolution of Dad" -- Part1 of 7

In celebration of Father's Day, the filmmakers behind the "Evolution of Dad" documentary project filmed close to 150 people around New York City, talking about their dads. The interviews are touching, funny and sometimes heartbreaking. We hope you enjoy the videos and share them with those you care about this Father's Day.

It may not be Father's Day today, but as a father it is great to hear the appreciation and love for fathers.

Call your father

Warm Regards

- Eric

Happy Father's Day!

The team at DIYFather wish all dads in New Zealand and Australia a happy Father's Day! Today is your day - we hope you can spend it with your kids and family.

Interestingly, Wikipedia defines this day as follows:

Father's Day is a secular celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and parenting by males, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving to fathers and family-oriented activities.

Only New Zealand and Australia celebrate father's day today (first Sunday in September). Most countries celebrate it on the 3rd Sunday in June.

Whatever the date - it's great to see dads all over the world celebrating it!

We love our dads

Stop whatever you are doing and watch the clip below (seriously watch it and all the way to the end!) ... it is unbelievably powerful. I only just found out about this ... would have totally made it into our 10 sites to visit for Fathers Day list. For all of us parents it's Father's Day (and Mother's Day) every day ... the clip below is a fantastic reminder of just how much we impact the lives of our children ... absolutely incredible!

Enjoy,

Stef

Ps.: Thanks heaps to Genevieve for telling us about this video

2010 Father's Day commercial

Each year for Father's Day we get a treat from the advertising industry who put out a couple of funny commercials to go with the theme. For some reason I couldn't find any good ones this year?!? So here's one from a few years back that I thought deserved a replay:

Happy Father's Day!

-Stef