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Father’s Day is a day to communicate to the father, grandfather, husband or father-figure in your life how much you concern and be grateful for him. When supporting a young child with gift giving, a simple handmade craft can be a sole and special way to show the love. Father’s Day is a custom that was found by Sonora Louise Smart Dodd, the oldest of six children being raised by her father. Fathers day is a new concept in India in comparison to mother’s day but we have embraced this foreign festival with great zeal and eagerness. Today we can find different kinds of gifts and flowers available in the markets that have been specially arranged for this day.

We can understand the situation better if we look at the increase in the number of online florists and online gifts shops. They arrange for different types of gifts every year for different celebrations of life. This year also they have come up with exclusive flower arrangements and gifts arranged for Father’s Day. The online florist and gift shops have many advantages one being that they can deliver father’s day gifts and father’s day flowers at rational costs in almost every city of the country and even internationally. So today if anybody wants to send father’s day gift to India from abroad or send father’s day flowers to UK from India these florists are always the first choice.

Ferns N Petal (FNP) is one renowned online florist among many online florists available in this industry. There has been a significant increase in the number of people using its services to send “father’s day gifts” and gifts for father’s day. if one wishes to send father’s day flowers to USA it will be a very good choice as it delivers father’s day flower and father’s day gift throughout India and in 150 other nations of the world. We can also find a wide variety of gifts ranging from flowers to customized gifts for men available from where we can select some and send it to beloved dad.  Read more... (483 words, 1 image, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

Gift ideas for your parents have to be something special, for they are certainly the special ones in your life. Therefore, think carefully and assess what your parents like most. Budget is not going to play a major role in your gift selection, as your parents are anyway likely to accept whatever you choose. It is obvious that mothers day gifts would be different from a fathers day gift. For fathers day gift ideas, try to think a bit different. Don’t go for usual gifts like an ordinary hat or a t-shirt. Instead, if your father is a sport aficionado, then select a t-shirt or even a hat which has your father’s favorite sport team’s logo printed on it. That will surely bring a smile in your father’s face.

For your father you can even consider purchasing an iPhone. It would be a gift of great love and fashion.

It would be a good return, as your father has always collected the most precious objects for you. Equipments concerning your father’s health can prove to be a great gift as well. The medical equipments will represent a sense of love and care on your part. It will show your father how much you love him and how much you are concerned about his health. Your father would certainly be moved by this. Finally, a Parker pen must also feature among your list of fathers day gift ideas. It depicts your affection to your father. As age has caught up with your father, he is no longer as sensitive and flexible as he previously used to be. So, if you gift your father a quality pen, not only would he love it, but he would definitely enjoy the prospect of writing with grace and élan.  Read more... (507 words, 1 image, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

Popular culture might be filled with tales about fathers but it’s the mothers who occupy the high honour when it comes to depiction of parents. Agreed that fathers might not possess an equivalent of Mother India, they don’t too badly when it comes to screen lives. One just needs to look around a bit and let it be this Father’s Day to undertake the search.

 Mention ‘dad’ on screen and the image of Aamir Khan from Akele Hum Akele Tum with his screen kid comes in front of your eyes and suddenly your father’s scolding doesn’t seem to hurt anymore.

Aamir Khan’s version of Dusting Hoffmanesque father trying to find his bearings remains one of the most endearing performances of the actor’s career. Looking back one can see that while today’s heroes have equally smart and befitting fathers on screen this wasn’t always the case. As far as Hindi cinema goes this was left to the likes of Balraj Sahani, Om Prakash, Nasir Hussain or many familiar yet don’t recall the name faces.

Even then Om Prakash playing Dev Anand’s dad in Tere Ghar Ke Saamne or Balraj Sahani’s rehabilitated dacoit surrogate father in Paraya Dhan and Waqt make for interesting viewing.

One of the stellar performances of the 1960′s would have to be Kishore Kumar’s I-will-do-anything-for-my-son kind of dad to Shashi Kapoor in Pyar Kiye Ja.

The funnyman dresses up as his own father to save his friend Shashi Kapoor, who takes on Kishore Kuamr’s identity, from a hapless Om Prakash, the father of his girlfriend.

The 1970′s saw one of the most unlikely actors to give not one but two soulful presentation of as screen father. Comedian Mehmood played the father with a heart of gold to his real children Ginny Aur Johny and Kuwara Baap.  Read more... (664 words, 1 image, estimated 2:39 mins reading time)

The Lord who formed you does not want you to fear. He has redeemed you and called you by name; you are His! (Isa. 43: 1)
How wonderful it is to know that you are loved so much. I pray that you get the revelation that the almighty, the creator of the whole universe loves you as much as the nation Israel.

Jesus prayed that the love of the Father for Him might also be in you! (John 17) Can you even begin to imagine that the Father loves you as much as Jesus? It’s all because of the cross where Jesus gave you His name and identity. You have been made sinless and raised as co-heir with Jesus!

That means that you are seated at the right hand of your Father with Jesus, and can chat with Him about all your fears, problems and joys. You were created to have that kind of intimacy with Him.

He is the only one that knows you inside out and understands you perfectly. He ought to be your very best friend. Your Daddy can turn your whole life situation around in an instant. You may say that He knows everything about you already, and He does. However, He can’t communicate with you unless you give Him a loving, listening ear.

You may know all about God and have a powerful ministry, but does Papa know you? Or will He say that He does not know you? (Mat. 7:21-23; Luke 13:25-27) He longs for intimacy in the secret place, where you can unload everything that’s on your heart and express your love. It is the first commandment, and on that are all the rest of the commandments based.  Read more... (502 words, 1 image, estimated 2:00 mins reading time)

With the changing family dynamics in today’s culture, the father figure in a child’s life is being viewed more often as an option rather than a necessity. More often single parents are mothers with the child’s fathers being uninvolved, uninvited or uninterested in the welfare of their children. Somewhere along the way, society seemed to have embraced the missing father as normal, yet seems baffled by the abnormal behavior a child experiences because of an absent father.

According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, children with involved, loving fathers are significantly more likely to do well in school, have healthy self-esteem, enhanced emotional security and pro-social behavior compared to children with uninvolved fathers. The Child Welfare Information Gateway also cites a study which found children with good relationships with their fathers were less likely to experience depression.

While mothers will always be viewed as the necessary parent for child rearing, fathers have not been considered as important in recent years.

However, studies show that fathers often push achievement while mothers stress nurturing. Both are important to the healthy development of a child. Hopefully, the status of fathers will be elevated, but it can only come with improvement and consistent dedication from these fathers:

The Uninvited

Often men who want to be good fathers have an uphill battle if they are estranged from the mother. Some women will cut ties or make involvement difficult for the fathers since their adult relationship was not successful. The qualities which contribute to the making of an awful husband or boyfriend do not automatically transfer to create a terrible father.  Read more... (639 words, 1 image, estimated 2:33 mins reading time)