Carnival of Family Life: Father’s Day Edition

Welcome to this very spe­cial Father’s Day Edi­tion of the Car­ni­val of Fam­ily Life, the weekly blog car­ni­val spot­light­ing posts dis­cussing what it means to live within and be part of a fam­ily. There are many excel­lent sub­mis­sions included in this week’s edi­tion that will inform, enlighten, inspire, and amuse you. Make sure that you leave a com­ment at each author’s site, let­ting him or her know how much you enjoyed his or her contribution!

Father’s Day began not as a day to pur­chase and give greet­ing cards, but, rather, because of one woman’s desire to rec­og­nize the sac­ri­fices of her own father. Sonora Dodd was the daugh­ter of Civil War vet­eran William Smart. When his wife died while giv­ing birth to their sixth child, he was left to raise all six alone. After grow­ing up on the fam­ily farm in east­ern Wash­ing­ton, Mrs. Dodd sought a way to honor her father’s strength and self­less­ness. Thus, Spokane, Wash­ing­ton was the site of the very first Father’s Day com­mem­o­ra­tion on June 19, 1910, the date cho­sen by Mrs. Dodd because her father’s birth­day was in June.

In 1924, Calvin Coolidge was the first United States Pres­i­dent to rec­og­nize the obser­vance. It was not until 42 years later that a pres­i­den­tial procla­ma­tion declar­ing the third Sun­day of June as Father’s Day was signed — by Pres­i­dent Lyn­don John­son in 1966. In 1972, Pres­i­dent Richard Nixon signed the law which finally made it a per­ma­nent holiday.

Par­ent­ing Tips and Advice

Char Polanosky shares Cus­tom Sum­mer Chore Chart pub­lished at Casual Key­strokes.

Mike May shares Happy Birth­day Dad pub­lished at News­AboutKids. He observes that “Mak­ing time to play catch with your kids could give them mem­o­ries that last forever.”

If the new Amer­i­can father feels bewil­dered and even defeated, let him take com­fort from the fact that what­ever he does in any father­ing sit­u­a­tion has a fifty per­cent chance of being right. (William Cosby, Ph.D.)

Neena shares Par­ent­ing Tip for Tod­dler: Picky Eaters pub­lished at A Mom’s Life at NeenMachine.com. Are all tod­dlers picky eaters? It sure seems that way, so you might find Neena’s tips for keep­ing meal­time from becom­ing a bat­tle­ground extremely helpful.

Amy Ver­non shares How to feed a picky Eater pub­lished at ice cream is not for break­fast. On that same topic, Amy shares a few tips, as well.

Edu­ca­tion

Mar­jorie shares Idle, Ide­ally pub­lished at Life With­out School.

David Cas­sell shares Keep­ing Your Study Skills Razor Sharp pub­lished at selectcoursesblog.com.

Alvaro Fer­nan­dez shares Cog­ni­tive and Emo­tional Devel­op­ment Through Play pub­lished at Sharp­Brains. Play is a basic, yet pow­er­ful, method of cog­ni­tive and emo­tional devel­op­ment for both chil­dren and adults. Dr. David Elkind, author of The Power of Play: Learn­ing That Comes Nat­u­rally, dis­cusses the need to build a more “play­ful culture.”

Jen­nifer Bog­art shares Readee Me Mommy? pub­lished at Quiverfullfamily.com about nur­tur­ing the love of read­ing in toddlers.

On Father’s Day, we honor our Nation’s fathers for the uncon­di­tional love they give to their chil­dren and for their self­less ded­i­ca­tion to the well-being of their families.

Fathers play a unique and irre­place­able part in the lives of their chil­dren and pass along val­ues that help chil­dren grow into respon­si­ble adults. By pro­vid­ing their sons and daugh­ters with a pos­i­tive exam­ple, fathers help give their chil­dren the nec­es­sary foun­da­tion they need to make wise deci­sions through­out their lives. Fathers strive to inspire their chil­dren to lead lives of integrity, honor, and pur­pose, and they pray for wis­dom and the strength to give their chil­dren the love and sup­port they need to achieve their dreams.

All Amer­i­cans are thank­ful for the extra­or­di­nary efforts of our Nation’s fathers, step­fa­thers, grand­fa­thers, and guardians. Their devo­tion and encour­age­ment as men­tors, providers, and role mod­els help strengthen their fam­i­lies and our coun­try. We are espe­cially grate­ful for the fathers who serve in our Nation’s Armed Forces. These ded­i­cated fathers pro­tect lib­erty so that all chil­dren can have a more promis­ing future. We pray for the safe return of all those serv­ing over­seas, and we thank the fathers who sup­port sons and daugh­ters who are defend­ing our free­dom around the globe.

George W. Bush
2008 Proclamation

Fam­ily Finance

Super Saver shares Being A Good Father pub­lished at My Wealth Builder.

Anna shares Top Five Finan­cial Mis­takes Made by Par­ents pub­lished at To Be Debt Free.

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so igno­rant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was aston­ished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. (Samuel Clemons, aka Mark Twain)

K shares Fru­gal Baby Food pub­lished at My $mall C€nts.

Debt Free­dom Fighter shares 5 Ways To Super­size Your Sav­ings Account pub­lished at Dis­cover Debt Free­dom.

Sil­i­con Val­ley Blog­ger shares Have No Estate Plan? Try This Guide to Wills and Trusts pub­lished at The Digerati Life.

Hank shares A Book Review: High School Money by Don Sil­ver — And Some Tips And Tricks With Your Money pub­lished at My Invest­ing Blog.

Anna shares Teach Your Chil­dren the Value of Money pub­lished at To Be Debt Free.

Ray­mond shares Why Col­lege Stu­dents Should Apply For Stu­dent Credit Cards pub­lished at Money Blue Book.

Fam­ily Health and Wellness

Aparna shares Home reme­dies for prickly heat pub­lished at Beauty and Per­son­al­ity Groom­ing.

James Brausch shares Five Lifestyles That Do Lead To Weight Loss pub­lished at Weight Loss Dude.

Matthew Paul­son shares Part I: Ways to Keep Your Wed­ding Won­der­fully Inex­pen­sive pub­lished at Amer­i­can Con­sumer News.

It no longer both­ers me that I may be con­stantly search­ing for father fig­ures; by this time, I have found sev­eral and dearly enjoyed know­ing them all. (Alice Walker)

Fiona Lohrenz shares Why Your Day Care Needs A Web­site pub­lished at Child Care Only.

Kevin Heath shares 25 Top Children’s Char­i­ties pub­lished at More4kids.

Fam­ily Humor

Madeleine Begun Kane shares Sleep­less In Bay­side pub­lished at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

What­Works­ForUs shares We Have ARRIVED. In Bedrock. pub­lished at What Works For Us.

Jen­nifer in OR shares Of Deer Sheds and Eggshells pub­lished at Diary of 1.

Jane shares How We Relax At Our House pub­lished at Kidzarama.

It is a wise father that knows his own child. (William Shakespeare)

BeThisWay shares Fine Lit­er­a­ture at a Great Price pub­lished at Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest of The Time I Know You?

cate3 shares I have been body-slammed! pub­lished at Why Home­school.

Batya shares Guess Who Has Been Here!! pub­lished at me-ander.

Fam­ily Relationships

remod­el­ingth­is­life shares Big Moments pub­lished at Remod­el­ing This Life.

Jenn shares An Unex­pected Inde­pen­dence Day Cel­e­bra­tion pub­lished at Mixed Metaphor.net, a fic­tional story about a young woman whose mother announces that she is remarrying.

Sherry Love shares Man who mar­ries for money pub­lished at Sherry Love. net.

Laura Scar­bor­ough shares mile­stones pub­lished at Adven­tures in Jug­gling. Laura says, “The day I became a mommy, I imag­ined noth­ing could ever top that. Then I became a grandmommy.”

I watched a small man with thick cal­luses on both hands work fif­teen and six­teen hours a day. I saw him once lit­er­ally bleed from the bot­toms of his feet, a man who came here une­d­u­cated, alone, unable to speak the lan­guage, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the sim­ple elo­quence of his exam­ple. (Mario Cuomo)

Dawn Adams shares A Bridge of Faults Across the Divide pub­lished at Day by Day Home­school­ing.

Kevin S. shares Get in the LEAD pub­lished at man­mail.

Fam­ily Activ­i­ties and Entertainment

Riley shares Kung Fu Panda pub­lished at All Rileyed Up.

How­ToMe shares How to Make A Cus­tom Birth­day Cake, post 3 pub­lished at How­ToMe. After post­ing about how to make cus­tom birth­day cakes, a reader inquired about mak­ing a NASCAR-themed cake. Here is the response!

Thank you for help­ing us honor fathers, father fig­ures, and role mod­els everywhere!

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