Farther's Day

　Father's Day, 3rd Sunday in June every year. Roses are the Father's Day flowers. The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909. Having been raised by her father, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father who made all the parental sacrifices[1] and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous[2], selfless, and loving man. Sonora's father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration on the 19th of June, 1910.

　Learning about Father's Day may help us understand some of America's traditional values. For example, many grown-up[3] Americans have a hard time saying to their father, "I love you, Dad," even if they love him very much. And some fathers feel uncomfortable when their child says-- especially when a son says, "I love you." For hundreds of years in Europe and then in America children were expected to love their mothers and respect their fathers. Mothers, especially, would teach their children to respect their father, sometimes even to the point of[4] making the children afraid of their father.