{"id":5749,"date":"2015-06-17T11:09:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T10:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/?p=5749"},"modified":"2016-01-05T15:52:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T15:52:40","slug":"what-are-you-doing-for-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/what-are-you-doing-for-fathers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are You Doing For Father&#8217;s Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>So what have you got planned for Father&#8217;s Day? I&#8217;ve been asking the mums at school and I&#8217;m beginning to feel sorry for a lot of the dads. A few of the mums said, &#8216;Nothing special&#8217;, one or two had forgotten completely and the others seemed to be offering a lie-in as a present.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThese are the same mums who I know expected a lot from their Mother&#8217;s Day, so how come father&#8217;s don&#8217;t get the same attention paid to them? Perhaps it&#8217;s down to the fact that Father&#8217;s Day is a newer celebration than Mother&#8217;s Day (it originated in 1908 but wasn&#8217;t really recognised until the 1970s). Though\u00a0I suspect it&#8217;s because most of the dads don&#8217;t even know it&#8217;s Father&#8217;s Day and so don&#8217;t present their partners with list of gifts and instructions for the day (something at least two mums I know did for Mother&#8217;s Day).\r\n\r\nOr could it be that dads aren&#8217;t valued as much as mums and so don&#8217;t get the same amount of attention lavished on them? Or maybe as mums, we are just better about making a fuss about our day and forcing our partner&#8217;s hand? Even the stats seem to back this up with twice as much money being spent on gifts for Mother&#8217;s Day as for Father&#8217;s Day.\r\n\r\nHaving earlier this week complained about not being able to find my own father and husband a gift, I have finally nailed what to do with the help of my kids who have suggested (1) Breakfast in bed for dad (they have helpfully written a menu that includes their favourites nutella and cupcakes) and a BBQ for both grandad and dad that has lots of their favourite stuff.\r\n\r\nIt works for us but I&#8217;m interested in what everyone else is doing so do let me know.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So what have you got planned for Father&#8217;s Day? I&#8217;ve been asking the mums at school and I&#8217;m beginning to feel sorry for a lot of the dads. A few of the mums said, &#8216;Nothing special&#8217;, one or two had forgotten completely and the others seemed to be offering a lie-in as a present. 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