National Daughters Day
Daughters are often the most important people in one’s life. National Daughters Day was formed to celebrate this bond.
This special day celebrates the wonder of having a daughter in today’s world. Let’s explore it in depth.
When is National Daughters Day?
National Daughters Day is celebrated on September 25 every year. National Daughters Day falls this year on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.
Daughters Day is celebrated on different days in different countries. In India, It is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of September.
National Daughters Day FAQs
The frequently asked questions below are essential to celebrate National Daughters Day well.
How do I celebrate National Daughters Day?
There are many ways to celebrate the day.
For one, you can write cards and perhaps even accompany them with a small gift. Some families have huge parties or little get-togethers. Be sure that you tell your daughters they are loved and special.
Why National Daughters Day?
In some countries, a son’s birth is preferred to a daughter’s. Then, to erase this stigma, National Daughters Day was created. This was meant to spread the joy and wonder of having a girl and raising her.
See Father-Daughter Quotes and Memes.
What other national days are there for daughters?
There are days like Siblings Day, Princess Day, and Girlfriend’s Day to celebrate the love for daughters. Daughter and Son’s Day and International Day of the Girl Child also exist.
Smokey Robinson initially conceived a holiday, “Father-Daughter Day,” to honor his relationship with his six daughters.
What should I say on National Daughters Day?
To my dear daughter, you are the love of my life. You are unique, and I hope you always remember that. I will always stay loving and have a gold heart toward you, even when I am old. Your love shines through me, and I am so proud of you.
What is the History of National Daughters Day?
The origins of this holiday may go back to India.
Per the Hindustan Times: “Unlike other countries in the world, there has always been a certain stigma attached to being a girl child in India, and while this may no longer be the case in the big cities, it is still quite widespread in India. When a woman gives birth to a girl, she is penalized.”
To counter this, many parents recognize the importance of daughters. Daughters are not a burden but rather a cause for celebration. It’s a day to show appreciation and affection to daughters throughout the day.
Around the world in recent years, social media posts have increased the importance of National Daughters Day.
Fun Facts
- Girls aged 5 to 9 spend 30% more time on household chores globally than boys.
- Sixty-five million girls over the globe are not in school.
- A teenage daughter has had over 257 fights with her siblings for over a year.
- 61% of young people who can’t write or read are women.
- A teen daughter, on average, cries 123 times over a boy every year.
- Girls often hit the 300-word vocabulary mark before boys.
- National Daughters Day is fun for a Mom or Dad to create a playlist of favorite songs for their daughter.
Jokes About Daughters
- What did the drummer call his twin daughters?
Anna One, Anna Two. - My wife threatened to divorce me when I said I would give our daughter a silly name, so I called her Bluff.
- A father in Iraq gifted his daughter a new bag. The girl replied, “Thanks for the Baghdad.”
- My daughter loves jogging and grammar but hates camping. She’s always running past tents.
- My four-year-old daughter has been learning Spanish for over a year, but she still can’t say “please.” I think that’s poor for four.
- I told my daughter, “Go to bed. The cows are in the field.”
Puzzled, she asked, “What’s that got to do with anything?”
I told her, “That means it’s pasture bedtime!” - My daughter asked if I could braid her hair, resulting in a parental knot.
- Why couldn’t the boy run away with the farmer’s daughter?
They were cantaloupe farmers. - My daughter screeched, “Dad, you haven’t listened to one word I’ve said, have you!?” What a strange way to start a conversation with me.
- My daughter thinks I’m nosy and controlling. At least that’s what she wrote in her diary.
- I had an idea for a movie where a retired CIA agent searches for his daughter in Paris. It turns out that idea was taken.
Quotes About Daughters
A daughter is a bundle of firsts that excite and delight, giggles that come from deep inside and are always contagious, everything wonderful and precious, and your love for her knows no bounds.
Barbara Cage
The love of a daughter makes life worth living. It makes my heart full, and I just keep on.
AJ Winners
The more a daughter knows the details of her mother’s life, the stronger the daughter.
Anita Diamant
A daughter is a treasure and a cause of sleeplessness.
Ben Sirach
Words are not enough to express the unconditional love that exists between a mother and a daughter.
Caitlin Houston
My daughter is the most important thing in my life. It is for her alone I’m fighting.
Artelia Moore Cox
One of the greatest gifts I’ve ever gotten is my daughter.
Ace Frehley
Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
Clementine Paddleford
To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.
Euripides
Good Daughter Quotations
I am blessed to be a proud father of a daughter.
Adnan Sami
Mothers of daughters are daughters of mothers and have remained so, in circles joined to circles since time began.
Signe Hammer
The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born.
David Duchovny
The thing I’m the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I’m fabulous.
Brooke Shields
We gotta start teaching our daughters to be somebodies instead of somebody’s.
Kifah Shah
A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.
Bruce Barton
Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes, and the objects of our most watchful love.
Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
A daughter is a miracle that never ceases to be miraculous, full of beauty, and forever beautiful, loving, caring, and truly amazing.
Deanna Beisser
Captions for Instagram
- One of the greatest gifts is my daughter.
- Home is where my daughter is!
- Happiness is the laughter of my daughter!
- You are my definition of perfection!
- Let me love you a little more before you are not little anymore.
- You’re my favorite reason to lose sleep.
- Such a big miracle in such a small person!
- She is a little ray of sunshine!
Hashtags
- #nationaldaughtersday
- #babygirl
- #daughterslove
- #daughtersday
- #strongwomen
By Michael O’Halloran
Michael O’Halloran founded Greeting Card Poet in 2014 and has worked as its publisher and editor ever since. He has co-authored four books on kids’ trivia and four on coaching. Previously, Michael was the president of Magnetic Poetry. He has invented and brought over 75 new gift and toy products to market, most of which deal with wordplay. Mike is married and a father of four daughters.
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