Children should be seen and not heard ... proverb
This is an article written for the #augustinleo writing prompt series for the Day 11 prompt ....
This prompt could be described as a quiet learning one...
Catch the original announcement in this thread
Day 11! The community Hive Argentina invites everyone to share How is children day celebrated in your country!.
How does your culture celebrate childhood? Do you have different celebrations for boys and girls?
This topic ... well of course it's a quiet topic... find out why ....
2 Children's Days ... correction there are more!
Education and learning, don't you just love that, and something children should love too!
Do you know one thing we have in common with children?
We don't stop learning!
Fact number 1 .... World Children's Day is on November 20th...
I never knew there was a Children's Day, but it is not surprising there are days for everything now.
I mean did you know that April 23rd is International Nose Picking Day.
Really, a fluffing NOSE PICKING DAY!!!
In fact it is one of the most observed days. According to a 1995 study, 91% of respondents reported doing it!!!
I fluffing well digress, but kids and picking noses go hand in hand don't they?
Of course they do, well let's have one more child sort of related day shall we?
Okay then ....
National Cleavage Day...
... also known as NCD, is a annual celebration that is held in South Africa. It is held in March or April each year.
However there are many countries that celebrate in on 19th of May.
Why the 19th of May you ask... well being Sunday I think this is quite appropriate, for all you churchgoers today, perhaps you might recall Proverbs 5:19..
Enough said, and for those that don't know the bible, go and look it up!
Babies breastfeed and hold on to their mother's breasts after all so I think this is anoter relevant International Day ...
The event was sponsored by the brassière marketer wonderbra, I am not sure if that is still the case!
World Children's Day 20th November
World Children’s Day is UNICEF’s annual day of action for children, by children, marking the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Source UNICEF World Children’s Day
I am not going to dwell on the rights of children as the Child rights convention says things way better than me. I will make a few candid points further on in this post.
International Children’s Day is celebrated annually on June 1
This is where it all gets confusing, the United States celebrate theirs on the second Sunday in June I believe....
Meanwhile ....
UK Children's Day ... beginning of the summer
In 2025 UK children's Day will be observed on May 14th...
The rationale behind this actually makes sense! ...
However, we felt that it was really important that children in the UK should be able to get outside on Children's Day, into their neighbourhoods and nature, so we chose to hold it at the beginning of the summer.
source National Children's Day UK
How does your culture celebrate childhood?
It is pretty fluffing big ... as all the events shown on the what went on page from which I have a few screenshots as examples...
Schools, businesses, councils all got involved to celebrate children!
The theme for me is fun ...
When things are fun, we pay attention, we learn.
I have been a tutor many times and even a college lecturer to Masters students taking Knowledge Management.
Fun if you create a fun environment things happen and things go well no matter who it is.
For health reasons we chose not to have children. I did not want the chance of me passing on my bastard of an arthritis onto my son.
But I am the favourite uncle and great uncle,which is quite ironic as I can be stern and don't suffer fools gladly.
Children should be seen and not heard...
Edward, little boys should be seen and not heard when adults are talking is what my grandpa would tell me.
Okay I would say and then go and play outside!
Looking back he was right, I learnt manners and respect. As much as I love kids of today, it saddens me seeing how manners have gone, everything has gone woke lol and no doubt I will be lamblasted for saying that!
Lets' finish with a song!
How do you celebrate Children's Day?
Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoyed my response to the prompt.
Sources and Reference documents
This article is an entry for this month's Inleo writing initiative #augustinleo
You can find all the details in this thread
- World Children’s Day is UNICEF’s annual day of action for children
- Child rights convention
- National Children's Day UK
Today's prompt is Day 11 | Children's Day
All ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman TengoLoTodo unless otherwise stated, note lead image is generated with AI on pixlr.com from a prompt by me.The other photographs are all orginal and taken by me the author.
