An Example Of Why I've Grown To Dislike Father's Day

I don't know how other churches deal with Father's Day, but I've noticed over my lifetime how Father's Day in my church has devolved from the sacrament meeting talks being in praise of fathers or fatherhood, generally, to being a second Mother's Day. That is, the talks are generally about how the only reason that the speaker (generally the male speakers) have amounted to anything is because of a wife or mother; or the speaker outright just talks about the importance of mothers ignoring the fact that it is Father's Day; or it's a talk reprimanding the men for not doing a better job of being fathers and husbands. 

    And this Father's Day short video put out by the Church perfectly illustrates my point, only showing the wife and never the father, and focused on his wife giving birth to his child and his increased love for his wife as a result. Can you imagine if the Church had released a comparable video on Mother's Day with a woman talking about how getting knocked up by her husband and giving birth made her love her husband even more? And only showing pictures of the husband holding the baby?

VIDEO: "Celebrating the Happiness of Fatherhood"

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (52 seconds)

Compare it with this short released for Mother's Day this year, that puts women at the center of the family and emphasizes all the things that mothers do, without ever mentioning a husband/father or the mother's role as a wife. 

VIDEO: "Every Woman A Mom By Divine Destiny"

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (56 seconds)

Or this one, also released around Mother's Day this year, which focuses on a woman's work as a mother to a handicapped son and as an advocate for handicapped children. 

VIDEO: "A Mom for her Son, an Advocate for her Community"

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (55 sec.)