A surprising look at how Father’s Day came to be

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Unlike Mother’s Day, which was swiftly embraced and made official in 1914, Father’s Day spent decades in limbo. Though it finally became a national holiday in 1972, the idea faced resistance for years—ironically, in a society dominated by men. Why was Father’s Day controversial? Many men in the early […] The post A surprising look at how Father’s Day came to be first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.