National Daughters’ Day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday in September every year and it is a day to celebrate and cherish the girl child who brings in so much of love into our lives. Daughter’s Day, like Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, is an occasion to honour the girl child and give her the respect and promise of care she deserves. Although we don’t really need a reason to celebrate our children, it’s nice to be given the opportunity to pay our daughters some extra attention and show them how much they are loved.
Daughters are a very special creation in the family. They are not only delicate and lovely, but they are also a strong pillar of the family. Sometimes, their sweet, smiley faces and beauty, encapsulates the joys of parenthood and becomes the cornerstone of strength in the families. Daughters are a wonderful blessing to the family and are often deemed as ‘Lakshmi’, the Hindu goddess of wealth. The day signifies the importance of females in society and how girls are no less than boys in any spheres of life. The stigma that some cultures have placed around the girl child has not only demoralised girls, but have also taken away their dignity as human beings. Therefore, this special day is meant to erase the bad memories and stigmas which are attached to having a girl child, instead of a boy child.
Daughters’ Day is a day when parents should make their daughters feel that they are not a burden to them and that they are blessed to have wonderful daughters as their children. Fathers and daughters make an absolutely delightful pair. It is very frequently seen that fathers are extremely caring and protective about their daughters.
The responsibility of building a daughter’s self-confidence falls first on the parents’ shoulders. Of course, there are many things to take into consideration here, but we can start by complimenting them more on who they are and what they are great at. This way, we’ll make sure that our daughters understand their true value without looking for validation in a weekly fashion magazine.
The joy of raising a daughter into a fully-grown up woman means a lot to parents, thereby showing that a girl child needs special treatment as the “flower” of the house. As a result, creating beautiful and sweet memories for daughters matters a lot. Daughters bring a certain kind of joy into our world. Like all children, they have their own personalities and strengths. As parents, we should look forward to discovering the world through their eyes.
Having a daughter is undoubtedly a blessing, though raising a little girl with a high self-esteem in a world saturated with digitally altered images of perfect women can be a real challenge. Daughters’ Day is celebrated to honour our daughters and to appreciate all that they do for the family. It is a special day set out to celebrate girls for being equal opportunity human beings.
Here are some fabulous quotations on daughters to warm your heart: “Happy are those who have a son, but lucky are those who have a daughter.” “Daughters are like angels sent from heaven to fill our hearts with unending love. They are like the sun, gleaming and beaming with positivity.” “A daughter is just a little girl who grows up to be your best friend. She is someone you laugh with, and love with all your heart.”
—The writer is contributing columnist, based in Mumbai, India
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