Why is Father's day not as popular as Mother's day?

I don't know. It's not fair. Especially when every payday is Mother's Day too! LOL

This is going to sound really sexist, but perhaps it's because your dad won't cry if you forget to send him a Father's Day card. Fathers are just naturally less concerned with holidays and although it's a stereotype it still rings true that women are much better at remembering special occasions and birthdays. Women tend to want to make sure that they acknowledge special days, anniversaries, birthdays, etc, and men don't really think about any of this as much. That's not a bad thing, it's just the way people are. Just as a man is more likely to forget an anniversary and just as any woman would be upset if her husband did forget her anniversary, fathers are more likely to forget about Father's Day and mothers are more likely to feel hurt if they aren't remembered on Mother's Day. Of course there are individual differences and some men might be more likely to want to celebrate special days and some women who don't care that much, but on the whole, I think that you're safer if you remember your mom than if you forget her on Mother's Day.

i think it is because every day is fathers day! seriously, moms do a good percentage of the child raising as well as nuturing plus they do a good amount of the work around the house. but around here, most stores lump dads together with grads for presents.

Since I grew up here in the USA and am 61 yrs old, I'm sure it's because Mom is usually the one who is always around, cooks, laundry, takes us to the doctor, gives us most of our values, and morals, character, and is most influential on shaping our lives, not to sell dads short but they are gone at work most of the time! My opinion anyway! tdemex

Maybe because Mom's do more. Plus I think that Mother's Day or the idea of honoring mothers has been around much longer.

hmmmm.......maybe because there are more moms that dads? I explain myself, the woman live longer, so they are more in numbers, also there are a lot of single mothers like for example, mothers who are single, who had a relationship with some guy and he abandoned her when they found out she was going to have the baby. Thus, I think that may be the reason, father´s day not as popular, because there are less fathers in the world. Or maybe there are guys who are fathers and they not know it at all.

i think that is because women are more into these stuffs than men.. every occasion counts for women, but not for men and they do tend to forget it too haha

Mothers always seem to get more credit when it comes to raising a family. I think it is because they usually spend more time at home with the kids while the husband is at work. So they get more for their special day.

I think it's because mothers just have a better overall rep than dads. Moms are just [usually] around more often, and more emotionally nurturing. Dads have a can have reputations of being alchoholics, or walking out on their families. :o

I also wonder the same thing, why is that mother's day is more popular than father's day? Maybe it's better if father's day has the same popularity as mothers' day because the two of them are responsible in raising a family. The honor should be equal in value, am I right?

yes i have notice it too.Its not fair though.Fathers do contribute equally to family.They are providers,protectors.i feel we should equally celebrate fathers day too.

The fathers are should be thanked too but we all know that mothers do more works than fathers. Even though some mothers are just in the house, they are the ones who really do most of the job like taking care of the child and almost everything around the house. They are working physically and mentally. Being a mother is a lifetime job. Their work is how to make sure that the family happy and alright. They should be thanked for all their hardwork. =D

Yep true even i wonder why, its more like Mother's Month and Father's Day aaaawww oh well Happy Father's Day! to all Fathers! ^^V Love You Dad! Thaks for my monthly allowance! Yey! ^^V

IN my area, people are not familar with the two holidays, but maybe people here think mom is much hard than dad, they born us and do homeworks everyday ,so mon get more respect than father ..but in fact ,fathers are working hard,too .So any way, we must remember to give a call or send a small gift to our mother or father that day ! Kind regards!

Expectations of a father and a mother are different.. Father's day is this Sunday.. It is always the third Sunday in June.. Yes I have also noticed that there is a major difference between the two holidays.. Over the years Fathers' have been gaining more rights, for a long time a father did not have many rights.. If there was a situation where the parents split up, the children would automatically go to the mother, no questions asked.. It was very hard for a father to gain full custody of their children.. Even with physical signs of abuse.. For the longest time this country was under the impression that mothers could do no wrong.. And all of the families problems were due to the father. In my opinion fathers are starting to gain a lot more rights but its still not as socially accepted that a father is rasing their children versus the mother... With that its not surprising that this country does not treat both parents equally.. Also it seems like a father is more concerned with the families well being, and less worried about the credit or gifts of doing for their family.. This is not always the case, and I am not trying to degrade mothers in general, its just something that I have observer over the years...

hi. i think mother's day is given more importance because women gives birth. they say the labour pain and the whole process is like a rebirth for women. a women feeds the baby while the baby is in her belly. Dont you think it is special and amazing? it is such a painful yet wonderful experience that every mothers go through. So Mothers has to be honored for that. so they make it special. ofcourse it wouldnt have been possible without a father and they give their best to their children. probably, as you said many fathers do not pay attention to their children, they work all day and forget about their children completely. or domestic violence in the family could also be the reason. Mothers are always considered special. if a man realizes it, there wont be differences.

i agree with you,thanks for your article