Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on different days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March or May. It complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Father's Day, Siblings Day, and Grandparents' Day.
Maternal Admiration, painted by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Mother's Day
Northern Pacific Railway postcard for Mother's Day 1916.
Mother's Day gift in 2007
Father's Day is a holiday honoring one's father, as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. In Catholic countries of Europe, it has been celebrated on 19 March as Saint Joseph's Day since the Middle Ages. In the United States, Father's Day was founded in the state of Washington, United States, by Sonora Smart Dodd in 1910.
Paternal Advice, painted by Josephus Laurentius Dyckmans
Hiking tour on Father's Day with smaller wagons.
A 2004 outdoor banner at Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece, with the message "Μπαμπά Σ'αγαπώ", i.e. "Daddy I love you".
A Royal Navy Officer hugs his daughter after returning from a long deployment on HMS Chiddingfold