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National Daughters Day
Celebrate and cherish daughters who bring so much love and into our lives.




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National Daughters Day on September 25 is a day to celebrate and cherish our daughters who bring so much love and into our lives. Although we don’t really need a reason to celebrate our children, it’s nice to be given the opportunity to pay our daughters some extra attention and show them how much they are loved.

Why We Celebrate National Daughters Day:

On National Daughter Day we remember to show unconditional love to the guardian of our family trust, our beautiful, witty, creative, and sometimes, demanding daughters. For aging parents, especially, a daughter maintains a level of connectivity and commitment that keeps families together and healthy.  (Of course, that’s not to say that sons don’t do their part. But today, we’re talking exclusively about daughters!)

You may also like National Transfer Money to Your Daughter Day

This time of year is a great time to be a daughter. Not long after National Daughters Day comes National Transfer Money to Your Daughter Day. Yep, October 6 is an entire day devoted to daughters getting some extra pocket money from their parents. If you parents don’t believe in this holiday then you’d better forward it on and set them straight!

When is National Daughters Day 2023?

National Daughters Day falls on September 25. There are many similar holidays that fall around the same time, with World Daughters Day on September 28 and and some other countries choosing to celebrate National Daughters Day on October 1.

History of National Daughters Day

The original meaning behind this day may have blossomed in India. Per the Hindustan Times: “Unlike other countries in the world, there has always been a certain stigma attached to being a girl child in India, and while this may no longer be the case in the big cities, it is still quite widespread in India. When a woman gives birth to a girl she is penalized.” While developing countries often see daughters as a burden, other nations celebrate.
We might also view this day in the context of the #metoo movement — especially in the U.S. — where women have faced daunting obstacles throughout history. From the very beginning, society viewed women as inferior to men. “The law did not recognize wives’ independence in economic, political, or civic matters in Anglo-American society of the eighteenth century.”
Male privilege dominated at the time. Women did not receive the right to vote until 1920. Up until the 1960s, wives typically stayed at home while husbands worked. In many ways, the U.S. is still shaking off the dust of gender discrimination.

What’s the difference between National Daughters Day and National Son and Daughter Day?

We might view this in the context of the #metoo movement — especially in the U.S. Women have faced daunting obstacles throughout American history. From the very beginning, society viewed women as inferior to men. “The law did not recognize wives’ independence in economic, political, or civic matters in Anglo-American society of the eighteenth century.” Male privilege dominated at the time. This is a much-needed time to focus on girls alone.
With so much emphasis historically placed on the importance of sons (especially in the area of inheritance), the status of having a daughter has often been diminished. In royalty, lines of succession have always flowed from father to son, although this tradition has recently been abandoned by today’s British Royal Family — if the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is a girl, she would automatically enter the line of succession as a future queen!
Now that you’re feeling all warm inside, check out this video from September 18, 2019, showing how one daughter lit up her dad’s life — and then broke his heart — all within seven seconds:






And coming soon: National Sons Day on September 28.



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National Daughters Day Around the World

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National Daughters Day Traditions

The main tradition for National Daughters Day is to treat your daughter well! Do something that she enjoys. Whether it is going out for a meal, going to watch a movie, and playing a game at home, do something that you know your daughter or daughters enjoy and make them feel special.

National Daughters Day By Numbers

30% – More time girls aged 5 to 9 spend on household chores than boys globally. 
164 – The number of doors a teenage daughter will slam over the course of a year.
257 –  The number of fights a teenage daughter will have with her siblings during a year.
123 – The number of times a teenage daughter will cry over a boy over the course of a year.
39% – Of expectant mothers would prefer a daughter 
18% – Of expectant mothers would prefer a son
65 million – Girls throughout the globe who aren’t in school
61% – Of young people who cannot read or write are women






National Daughters Day Activities

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The Father-Daughter Dance

It's a big event in many communities. On National Daughters Day, both fathers and daughters strut their best stuff on the dance floor after a delicious dinner in a main hall. If your town has no Father-Daughter Dance, consider putting one on with a local community group. An event like this will always be a golden memory.
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Read about admired daughters

National Daughters Day is a wonderful time to review beloved stories like "Little Women" and "The Diary of Anne Frank," a book which gives us a chance to read the thoughts and dreams of a daughter who faced unthinkable circumstances.
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Let her take the lead

Since National Daughters Day is all about how great our daughters are, consider letting yours tell you what she wants to do today. Spa day? Sounds good. Bicycling in the park? Very nice. But if your daughter just wants to have a pajama party and hang with her crew, let that be her choice. It's her day!
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Judy Garland and Vincent Minelli produce Liza with a Z

Liza Minelli has "chops" like her famous mother, but her Oscar win for "Cabaret" proves she's a force all her own.
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Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh created a "Scream Queen"

Some of us have never recovered after Jamie Lee Curtis' turn in "Friday the 13th," but for lighter fare, check her out in "Freaky Friday" where she exchanges bodies with her 13-year-old daughter (played by Lindsay Lohan).
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Minnie Riperton really hit the "high note" with daughter Maya

Comic actor Maya Rudolph, singer Minnie Riperton's daughter, started cracking us up when she joined SNL in May, 2000 and she hasn't let up yet!
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We have Sir Paul and Linda McCartney to thank for Stella

The fashion designer to the stars seems like royalty thanks to her Beatle pedigree.
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And since we're talking royalty, let's throw in the "Queen Mum's" daughter

Breaking the traditional line of royal succession ain't easy for girls but that's just what happened when Queen Elizabeth II was crowned after the death of her father, George VI.
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Why We Love National Daughters Day

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A daughter gets positive reinforcement

Your daughter may do more than you know. In single-parent homes, a daughter may keep the family functioning when Mom or Dad (or even Grandma or Grandpa) is at work. Lots of daughters cook, clean, and help their siblings with homework. So, this is your chance to acknowledge how helpful your daughter is with dinner and a movie, or a beach trip for her and her crew.
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Mother-daughter love is real

Don't believe the hype that mothers and daughters don't get along. This myth goes along the lines that mothers and daughters are naturally competitive, or that mothers and daughters argue because they're too much alike. Many mothers and daughters can't live without each other and use National Daughters Day as an excuse to hang out with your favorite girl, no matter how old she is. If there happens to be a little strife, this day is a great opportunity to work things out.
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Your daughter may share her dreams with you

This is the day when your daughter may give you a glimpse into how she sees her future. If you listen closely, you may find out what an intelligent, empathetic, independent, level-headed daughter you raised!
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by Paul
on Mon 25 Sep 2023 - 7:20
 
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Topic: National Today Monday September 25 * National Daughters Day *
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WORDS OF THE DAY 2 pages

What Do We Mean When We Say "Toxic," Anyway?


Toxic workplace, toxic masculinity, toxic friend — the word "toxic" is bandied about rather casually these days, to the extent that it’s basically used to describe everything we don’t like. Its rise to buzzword status began in the second half of the 20th century, with the emergence of the pop-psychology trend that has only intensified with the ability of virtually anyone to have a social media pulpit. But what does "toxic" actually mean? Given the way we apply the adjective so liberally, shouldn’t we know?


Literally Poisonous

The Oxford English Dictionary notes that "toxic" first appeared in English in the 1660s, meaning "poisonous." It has roots in the Late Latin toxicus, meaning "poisoned," and the Greek toxicon, meaning "(poison) for use on arrows." Its definition remained stable until the late 19th century, when "intoxicated" appeared in the context of drugs or alcohol. OED now offers a second definition: "very harmful or unpleasant in a pervasive or insidious way."
In modern usage, "toxic" hasn’t let go of its poisonous definition completely. Although scientific evidence says the body has evolved its own mechanisms for self-cleansing, an entire industry revolves around "detox cleanses" and juices, powders, and treatments that promise to "flush toxins" from the body. This contemporary definition originated when Stanley Borroughs created "The Master Cleanse" in 1941, which claimed to rid the body of toxins through a 10-day diet of lemon, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper. The cleanse saw a resurgence in the early 1990s, when entrepreneur Peter Glickman repackaged the diet for the modern celebrity. Beyoncé, Jared Leto, and Demi Moore were all proclaimed practitioners. However, scientific evidence indicates that these types of cleanses are ineffective and unnecessary, and, at worst, harmful to your health.

It’s How It Feels

The shift from literal to figurative for "toxic" began somewhere in the 1970s, according to Gretchen McCulloch, internet linguist and author of Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language. In an interview, she noted a spike on Google Books Ngrams between the 1970s and the 1990s, but the real rise of "toxic" in a figurative sense occurred between 1989 and 2006. "The use of literal words extended metaphorically is not a surprise, people do that all the time," she said. "But it seems like [toxic has] become more prevalent in this metaphoric use."
A 1972 issue of Voices, the journal of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, contained an early example of the phrase "toxic relationship," though communication and psychology expert Dr. Lillian Glass claims to have coined the term in her 1995 book "Toxic People." She defined a toxic relationship as one "[between people who] don’t support each other, where there’s conflict and one seeks to undermine the other, where there’s competition, where there’s disrespect and a lack of cohesiveness." In 1998, Carrie Bradshaw pondered "toxic bachelors" on the Sex and the City pilot, and in 2003, Britney Spears released her single "Toxic," about a not-worth-it paramour. By 2018, "toxic," in the figurative sense, was the OED Word of the Year, co-aligning with the 2017 New York Times story that broke the Harvey Weinstein case and propelled the #MeToo movement into national consciousness.
In his 2016 book Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally), linguist Dr. John McWhorter ascribed these shifts to the rise of the individual in the 18th and 19th centuries, stating, "One of the things that has always happened to a great many words is that they started showing what we mean, but end up being used to show how we feel."
Presently, this process is accelerated by the internet, according to McCulloch. "I think in the case of toxic, words can spread by people seeing people talking about them on social media." In other words, it’s easy for someone to read an Instagram infographic a friend posts about toxic people, and then apply it to their own life. She continued: "It’s like, OK, here’s a word that seems to be a convenient shorthand for this thing I don’t want to happen."
In other words, the figurative definition picked up speed because it was so broad that it could be applied to nearly anything. To use McWhorter’s explanation, "toxic" became a feeling, in that one knows when to apply it by the feeling they get from whatever toxic behavior they’re encountering.
by Paul
on Mon 30 Jan 2023 - 14:48
 
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