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Happy Children's Day! At least it was on May 5th in South Korea. On this day, school children get a day off from their studies, receive a gift from their parents and go on short trips to the museums, zoo's, parks etc. Though this may sound like any school closed day in the United States, the focus on the kids being sublimely happy is one day we don't have though over fifty-seven countries do. If you're wishing we did have a Children's Day, at least as Korean American's we can adopt this holiday and make our kids feel EXTRA special and loved.
Read what was posted yesterday, May 4, 2010 from the Desk of Hillary Rodham Clinton:
"On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I offer warm wishes to all the boys and girls of Korea on Children’s Day. On this holiday, Korean families celebrate the joys of childhood and family life. This is also an opportunity to reaffirm the strong commitment that both our countries share to promoting childhood health, safety and education, and to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to live up to his or her full God-given potential.Many thousands of American children from military families have lived in Korea over the last six decades, and thousands of Korean children have attended school in the United States. Our two countries are stronger and closer because of the cultural understanding and unique perspectives that these children will always carry with them."To know more about Children's Day in America, visit the websites www.NationalChildrensDay.us and www.ChildrensDay.us. They are sites that commit to reviving a National Children's day in America (by petition) on the second Sunday in June. This year it would be on June 13, 2010. They believe it will be a day giving faith, hope, love, and commitment to our children.
Leave a comment if you think we should have a National Children's Day in the United States. We'd love to hear from you.
