Placed at the gates of spring as a more or less modern anniversary, the Father’s Day It is present in several cultural contexts to celebrate the paternal figure, inviting time to spend time in the company of the parents.
We want to accompany you on a journey to discover this party through musical, artistic and cinematographic suggestions to spend it together with adults and children.
Why, where and how do you celebrate dad?
Introduced to the Roman calendar by Pope Sixtus IV in 1479, the feast has its roots in the Christian religion. In Italy It is celebrated on March 19th And coincides with the day of St. Joseph, the putative father of Jesus and a symbol of affectionate paternity.
In the United States and in the Anglo -Saxon world, the Third Sunday of June, Date promoted by Smart Smart Dodd to pay homage to his father, a veteran of the civil war that raised 6 children alone.
In 1972 President Nixon officially recognized the anniversary. Greeting tickets, gifts, outdoor barbecue act as a side dish and make the day an opportunity to spend peaceful and pleasant time in the family.
In Thailand it is remembered on December 5, the birthday of the king father of the nation, in Russia on February 23 on the “day of the defender of the homeland”. In Germany, however, the party coincides with the day of ascent.
Country you go custom that you find, but thoughts, affectionate gestures and family tables are part of the celebrations at all latitude.
Fathers and children: psychological implications of the relationship
The social context in evolution He also determined changes in the family. Especially in the Mediterranean context, it has passed since regulatory modelin which the paternal figure was the holder of the authority capable of imparting the rules, to that affective where emotions, care and investment in offspring prevail.
The hard dad, sometimes punitive, gave way to a sweeter and more engaged figure in the family menage. Between a diaper and a game of ball, a washing machine and the dollhouse, dads also started looking out the world of care.
A dead figure at sunset (Recalcati, 2011, 2013) or simply different, more fragile, “discreet” and “hidden” but “more aware of one’s parental role” (Romano, 2016).
A Dad who changes in a transformed family So, but how is this change reflects in the psychological development of the child?
- Support for the partner acts as a separation between mother and child: the father performs the function of fundamental third in psychic development, although postulated by classical psychoanalysis and confirmed by the research promoted by the attachment theory;
- emotional support and support They are important, especially in adolescence, to promote motivation in the school field, the construction of relationships and socialization;
- education and transmission of rules and values
- affection and practical help in school activities, in game and in free time.
Dad d’Autore: when art celebrates the paternal figure
To spend pleasant time with their family members, we offer young and old a brief journey into art that celebrates the figure of the father. Cinema, painting, poetry and music offer interesting ideas.
The notes of the father
In the Italian panorama we have a series of songs that celebrate the paternal relationship:
- Bruori Sas sings love for his daughter The walnut tree at the last Sanremo Festival
- Jovanotti with For you dedicates a sweet lullaby to her daughter
- Barbarossa celebrates the Father-Figlia report in Take me to dance
- IAMOLLI and Paolo Kessisoglu sing teenage anxieties in Fear of me
For the little ones we mention a real hymn to the dad directly from the Zecchino d’oro:
- Superbabbo It will make you dance with an enveloping rhythm and reflect with the words of the text written by Masini.
If, on the other hand, you love international rhythms you can indulge yourself with:
- Father and Son by Cat Stevens
- My Father’s Eyes by Eric Clapton
- Daddy by beyoncé
- Pope Don’t Preach of Madonna.
Put yourself comfortable and get up the volume.
Dad on canvas
Book plane and tickets because there is nothing better than spending father’s party surrounded by beauty in the rooms of important Museums in splendid European cities.
At the Ermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, for example, you can admire The return of the prodigal son by Rembrandt e St. Joseph with the Child Jesus by Guido Reni.
If you don’t like travel abroad, however, our Sicily holds the work Father and Son by Guttuso in the wonderful Bagheria.
Ciak, dad, turn around!
After a game of ball in the garden, why not relax in front of the screen with a nice Films that tell the relationship between fathers and children? Here are some proposals:
- The search for happiness He sees Will Smith struggling with the difficult challenge of raising a son in the USA of the American dream
- in Big Fish- The stories of an incredible lifeTim Burton explores the complexities of the father -son relationship through fantastic stories
- it cannot be missing Mrs. Doubtfire – Mammo forever With a fantastic Robin Williams engaged between disguises and lobsters in the difficult narrative of paternal love conditioned by divorce situations.
If, on the other hand, you want to enjoy a couple of hours in the company of the little ones we propose:
- Looking for Nemo tells the courage of a dad and a child committed to raising. From an anemone to the depths of the ocean, the cardboard represents apprehension, care and parental love
- The lion kinggreat Disney classic useful for reflection on issues related to mourning, separation And internalization of memory of a father who also continues to guide his son from the stars.
Prepare the popcorn and good vision!
Dad at the tip of a pen
After shooting themselves with the dance, having visited a museum and seen a good movie, all that remains is to prepare for the bed by reading a good book. Here are some Tips for “paternal readings”:
- Dad, do you get the moon please?illustrated book in which Eric Carle describes the efforts of a father to fulfill his daughter’s desire
- My dad by Anthony Browne tackles the theme of the extraordinary nature of the dads in the eyes of the children
- Dad carry me on his shoulders? of Nikki Grimes celebrates the special moments lived in the company of his father
- Fairy tales on the phone Born from the pen and the imagination of Rodari, it collects short fairy tales told to the daughter by a dad on the road, during the evening calls.
Definitely more adult and demanding readings, but interesting gift ideas for dads, they are two classics of literature:
- Letter to the Father in which Franz Kafka faces conflicts and love for the father
- Fathers and children by Turgenev, a work in which the conflict between generations is faced.
Happy Father’s Day
Grucero and severe, sweet and affectionate, custodian of the norm or insecure guest in the space between mother and children, The figure of the father deserves his party.
Silent observers or smokies of chastationals, the dads try, like mothers, to do their best in one of the most difficult trades in the world. With a song, a movie, a poem, a picture we want to wish them a happy party and invite to spend peaceful time in the family.
After all, to create environments based on well -being, it is not necessary to be superhero … just be good enough.
