From TCNEWS
The President General of Ahuwa-Oboro autonomous community Oboro clan in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, Engr. Dr. James Nnadozie Uchegbuo, has enjoined parents to spend as much quality time as they can with their children and learn what inspires them.
Uchegbuo also decried that most children do not know their root, some have indulged in various immoral behaviours and criminal acts as a result of nonchalant attitude and negligence on the side of their parents.
Interacting with our correspondent in Umuahia, Abia State capital during the NATIONAL SON’S AND DAUGHTER’S DAY, Engr. Uchegbuo, harped on the need for parents to share family stories with their children and make them realize that they are part of the family life and also find out about their hopes and dreams for the future, while listening to them.
National Son’s and Daughter’s Day on August 11 brings parents and their children together for quality time.
Uchegbuo who lamented that the present economic challenges ravaging the society have made most parents to spend lesser amount of time with their children in an effort to make both ends meet, however warned that time with children can be fleeting and not only do children grow quickly, but their interests and needs change, too, hence the need to stay with them closely irrespective of the challenges.
“Make out time for your children, and try to enjoy every day you have with them and teach them something new also Let them know that you are glad to have them in your home and also try to learn something new from them”, Uchegbuo further advised parents.
While the creator of National Son’s and Daughter’s Day, was unable to be identified, records available had it that the earliest record National Day Calendar could find of an August 11th observance of this day took place in 1988. It’s mentioned in a Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada) Daily News article dated August 12, 1988.
According to an article in the August 20, 1944, St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette, in 1936, J Henry Dusenberry first pursued the idea of a Sons’ and Daughters’ Day. The thought occurred to him after hearing a child ask why there was no such occasion. Through his efforts, the day started in Missouri and spread.
Parents placed a flower representing each of their children in a vase and put the vase in a prominent room in the house. Throughout the day, parents thought about their children as they gazed at the flowers, especially those who no longer lived in the house. By 1945, the celebration reached its peak at 22 states with organizations participating in the event.