celebrating children's day

Hi Anny dear The universal children's day is 20th november, but for us in india it is tomorrow 14th november every year, it is the birthday of late Jawaharlal Neheru, the first prime minister of india, he was very fond of children, children called him, 'Chacha Neheru', means uncle Neheru.. Let me tell you of a sad experience, last year i was invited to a school on this occassion, i asked the children there, who is Jawaharlal Neheru, why you observe this day? LOL only one little girl could answer correctly!! Thank you so much for this discussion and telling about festivals in Philippines. Professor. . Cheers God bless you. Welcome always.

Here we have a Children's Day dated on June 1st. It is an important day here and children will have a day off and will receive gifts from parents and relatives. The bad thing is that not all the parents will have a day off and enjoy this special day with their children because they have to go to work. I wish one day that parents can have a day off official and therefore we can really have a good time with our children. I love China

I'm not real sure. I know there is also a grandparents day sometime in September but it's not as popular by far as mother and fathers day.

I'm not aware of there being a Children's Day here in the United States. However, I do try to celebrate both my children and children in general as often as I possibly can. The reason for that is because of the fact that my children are so important to me. In addition to that, I love to celebrate children because they are really the only people in this world that I would consider to be innocent. Adults don't seem to have that magical nature about them.

Here in the Philippines, I haven't heard of such celebration. But i do love it if we're going to have such a day like that in my country.Hope someday, somebody will organize such celebration also in the Philippines.

We don't have a Children's Day as far as I'm aware. I remember one Mother's Day my son (at around 5 years old) asking why there was no Children's Day - my answerr was that EVERYDAY was children's day!!

Hi tigeraunt, Yes, Indians are celebrating Children’s Day on November 14 i.e., tomorrow. November 14 is the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru, the former (and first) Prime Minister of India. He loved children very much so his birthday is celebrating as Children’s Day. The Universal Children’s Day is November 20 but in India we are celebrating on November 14 as paying homage to our great leader who loved the children the most.

Yes they do have children days in my country. I cant remember the exact date though but i think it is in may. I think.

Christmas! Mom's especially make sure every holiday in the US is about the children. Retail stores know this. Everything is commercialized here. Even our dollar stores carry all the inexpensive stuff to give to and celebrate with our children. Because of all the commercialization I think a national children's day would be overkill, at least in the states. If people could contain themselves here I think it could be a beautiful day! But here people would say, "Oh, Childrens Day, gotta buy something!"

My son was born April 30th which in Mexico is Children's Day. I didn't even know a day existed until he was born.