Despite the fact that in recent years, the typical prototype of the family made up of a mother, a father and children has changed and there are various types of families, there are still special dates such as Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, which They continue to be celebrated as tradition dictates.
Recently a controversy and debate arose in networks, which was raised by a Spanish teacher, who proposed that the celebration in which all parents are commemorated be eliminated and changed to the “Day of the special person”, under the argument of the diversity of families that exist today, a proposal that did not take long to go viral on networks.
The case was shared on March 15 through the TikTok account identified as @1_incom. Said recording shows a screenshot of the conversation of a WhatsApp group of parents from a school in the municipality of Jerez, in the south of Spain, in which a teacher proposes not to celebrate the parents, since they do not all students have one.
Prior to the organization of Father’s Day, which is celebrated in Spain on March 19, the teacher wanted to include the LGBTQ+ community and take single-parent and homoparental families into account, so she asked that instead of celebrating fathers , the “Day of the special person” will be celebrated, an initiative that sought to avoid discrimination against those who do not have a father figure at home.
Good afternoon, daddies. Look, it was to say that the 19th, which falls on a Sunday, is Father’s Day. As you well know, it is no longer celebrated because there are many types of families: single parents, there are others that have two mothers, or two fathers… So what we are going to celebrate is the Day of the Special Person.
During the recording, the teacher is heard asking the parents to send her a horizontal family photograph with the students, that is, of the minor in the company of the member of their family with whom they have the most fun or get along better, with in order to carry out a school dynamic.
This request received the response of an upset father, who assured that perhaps she does not know her father and that is why she dares to propose a change in the celebration of a day that for many years has been in charge of commemorating the father figure of the home. .
The audio with the teacher’s request soon went viral on the short video platform, where it received endless criticism and ridicule in the comment box, since most users did not agree with her proposal and hoped that it was A bad taste joke.