Talk:Children's Day

message: Since  "International Day for the Protection of Children" gets redirected to this article, is celebrated in the most countries by number and predates the 'Universal Day' it should have more prominence. So far the article is very biased towards the 'Universal Day' as proclaimed by UN. 
I suggest at least adding a fuller intro: 
The International Day for the Protection of Children was established in Moscow, on November 22, 1949 at the meeting of the Women’s International Democratic Federation, after the World Conference for the Well-being of Children proclaimed the day on June 1, 1925 in Geneva. It became universally established in 1954, the aim being to protect children’s rights, end child labor and guarantee access to education. also to protect children from human trafficking as it is a horrible thing to do by only the most disgusting people ever to live.
198.96.180.245 (talk) 22:10, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: International Day for the Protection of Children

message: I wonder if there should be a mention of this. This is what just about every parents will say when their child asks. I think what is meant by it is every day you are responsible for your children, have a duty to support them, usually before they are adults, but unlike Mother's and Father's day, gifts aren't given to the kids. The snare (talk) 02:15, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Every day is kids day!

message: Turkey section claims that "The importance of April 23th is recognised by UNESCO since 1992, as the International Children's Day." I am Turkish and want this to be true but couldn't find any reliable source. Also as noted in UNESCO's site  and wikipedia article 23 April is World Book and Copyright Day. We should find the source or delete the information. Book day is first celebrated in 1995 so may be they changed their mind at some point.
þħɥʂıɕıʄʈʝɘɖı 18:05, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Since nobody has any objections I am removing it. þħɥʂıɕıʄʈʝɘɖı 02:58, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 23 April

message: I just tried to tighten up the language, but I grabbed the "happiness and personality" information from the Kodomo no hi article to better tie the two together. --Lloegr-Cymru£ ¥ 02:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japan section 

message: It mentions China and the Dragon Boat Festival in the section about International Children's Day, but it might be useful to specify that China currently celebrates ICD, instead of just saying that "June 1 has since been observed as the ICD by numerous countries, especially by Communist countries".
Although the Japanese Children's Day is no longer Boy's Day, May 5 is still often referred to as "Tangonosekku" (端午の節句) in the way that Hina Matsuri can be referred to as "Momo no Sekku" (桃の節句). They are more like "other names" for the day. The section currently makes it sound as if the name "Tango no sekku" has been replaced and discarded.
As a side note, it seems kind of strange how gifts are not mentioned. At least in Japan and Taiwan, most children expect at least small presents for Children's Day, just as how most kids in N. America expect presents for Christmas...
Terukiyo 12:18, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you think these should be included, go for it. Also check out the main article on Kodomo no hi to see if that could also use some touch-ups along the lines you've discussed. --Lloegr-Cymru£ ¥ 12:35, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: China and Japan

message: Is there a particular reason why Slovakia and South Korea are not arranged in alphabetical order?--Bliz (talk) 15:48, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Alphabetical ordering

message: Is this correct?
:"North Korean Children's Day is celebrated on June 2 (국제 아동절). Before 1945 it was celebrated on May 1, But in 1945, it was changed to its current date."
:I didn't know North Korea existed in 1945... Moocowsrule (talk) 05:05, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What? Is this correct? 

message: Obligatory Joke:
This section has a dead link  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elenap324 (talk • contribs) 10:46, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Children's day in India... 

message: Hi there, in reference to the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Day#New_Zealand.  I searched to find the date NZ celebrates this so I could buy a special something for my much loved daughters.  Seeing the fact that NZ has high rates of Child Abuse and Family Violence, although devastatingly true was horrible to see in a public forum.  I believe World Childrens Day is to celebrate children, not draw attention to a countries serious problems.  It is correct that the Government, NZ Police Child Youth & Family are making valuable daily advances in eliminating this problem but it was dismaying to see it on a world wide forum for all to see. Thank you Ticklesnz (talk) 21:22, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  This should be removed 

message: Though the information itself might be valuable, it's written in first person as a personal experience. This should be either removed or rewritten. My inclination would be to delete it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.81.210.173 (talk) 15:51, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's with the "Oregon" paragraph in the USA? 

message: Please note that Uruguay section is not complete. Try to rectify that. 202.90.104.58 (talk) 02:03, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uruguay section 

message: The UN resolution called for each country to have their own version and date for "Universal Child Day"
The content about International Child Day is wrong. There are no citations because it doesn't exist in the UN.
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The anonymous commenter is sort of right, sort of wrong ...
By resolution 836(IX) of 14 December 1954, the General Assembly recommended that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children. It recommended that the Day was to be observed also as a day of activity devoted to promoting the ideals and objectives of the Charter and the welfare of the children of the world. The Assembly suggested to governments that the Day be observed on the date and in the way which each considers appropriate. The date 20 November, marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989. http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/children_day/
The UN page is a little contradictory, as it has "Universal Children's Day -- 20 November" and then goes on to say "The Assembly suggested to governments that the Day be observed on the date and in the way which each considers appropriate."
I don't have the time/inclination to fix this, but if anyone does, the UN page would be a good starting point for info.
--UrsusMaximus (talk) 09:36, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The International Children's Day predates the Universal Children's Day and has thus nothing to do with the UN. -- Sloyment (talk) 06:53, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:   There is no such thing as  "International Children's Day" 

message: Can anybody tell what WP:RSs support the claim of the day being first celebrated in Turkey? If there are none, then it is either an WP:OR and might need to be cleared up. Aregakn (talk) 14:18, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Infobox 

message: The comment that Children's Day "is widely known and celebrated" in Australia should be removed. I've lived in Australia all my life, kept in reasonable touch with current affairs and celebrated all the usual holidays, without having once heard of Children's Day. It can't possibly be that widely known in Australia and is definitely not widely celebrated.
I did an online search and found what appears to be the official website: http://www.childrensday.com.au 
Apparently the concept was only created recently, in 2007, and participating outlets offering "memberships" are only in two states (NSW and Queensland).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doushenka (talk • contribs) 12:40, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Australia 

message: The caption reads "burning of _communist_ literature" -- those are socialist "Jungpioniere" in the Soviet sector of Berlin, I'm fairly sure they weren't burning any communist literature there! 84.44.183.153 (talk) 14:16, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  picture of German book burning 

message: Someone recently added a second United States section near the top of the article, in addition to the United States section that already appeared with all the other countries.  I compared the information in the new section with the information that was already in the article and found that there were no substantive differences between the two sections.  On top of that, the original section was much better documented with citations.  (The new section was just lifted verbatim from a different website, and that website had no citations.)
For that reason, I deleted the new section in its entirety.
(Enough said, but I'll add that it is confusing to have two redundant sections, as a reader will need to spend extra time to verify that one section doesn't add useful information that the other section didn't have.  Having redundant sections also increases the likelihood that they will eventually contain conflicting information.  And finally, there is no justification for having a United States section outside of the already existing list of countries.)
PJMweb (talk) 02:17, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  United States section 

message: Please lock - Children's Day is today's Google Doodle. Thanks! Pm master (talk) 05:02, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Google Doodle 

message: so now taiwan is renouncing itself from the term greater china as well?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.118.222.166 (talk) 14:04, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. Thanks. --Stfg (talk) 17:02, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  greater china 

message: Canada celebrates on the 20th of November, not the 25th as this page implies.
24.114.39.156 (talk) 14:29, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Thanks. --Stfg (talk) 17:02, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request, 22 November 2013 

message: The Ireland section seems inflammatory and should be more specific about observance.
Wikisith (talk) 04:59, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ireland 

message: The infobox is very confusing as the article does not only cite June 1 as Children's Day. Also "national" days are different for many countries. I will remove the box. --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 16:04, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  The infobox 

message: I don't see how a fan-made WP logo should be relevant in this page. --Elitre (talk) 18:41, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: WP logo?

message: Children's Day is May 27th in Nigeria. Can someone please add it to the table? I don't want to mess up the formatting. Asarelah (talk) 17:51, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Nigerian Children's Day

message: The article claims that "In New Zealand, Children's Day is typically celebrated on the first Sunday in March" In my 50 years, I have never heard of a Children's Day in New Zealand.Royalcourtier (talk) 00:59, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Zealand 

message: The table suggests the day is celebrated in the UK on 20th November, but there is no UK entry. I have never heard of such a day before, though ,my daughter seems keen that it should be established as another opportunity to spend money one one's offspring. 
Hmm... it seems there's a website [] promoting Sunday 15 May run by several children's charities, but it isn't well known. It seems the day is more about Child welfare and awareness than giving expensive gifts and cards to one's children (thank goodness). Stub Mandrel (talk) 09:35, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  United Kingdom 

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message: I felt the article contains many hoaxes. All non-referenced mention should be thoroughly checked and if not proven, deleted. There's a lot of wrong "claims" in this article, which I'm planning to start cleaning. For example Indonesian children's day is not celebrated on June 1, it's on July 23; and the claim that it is set in 1986 is wrong as well; the July 23 day was set in 1984. Also I don't think there's such thing as Zambian Children Day; they celebrated International Children's Day (correct me if I'm wrong).
Therefore, I'm going to delete Zambian Children's Day (I cannot find any mention of April 24 being Zambian children's day), and fixed children's day in Indonesia to July 23 and providing a link to the Public holidays in Indonesia correct article in Wikipedia.--Rochelimit (talk) 13:06, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Huge hoax in Children's Day article

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: "Since 2009, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has issued proclamations..."- This needs up-dating: Quinn is no longe governor. Kdammers (talk) 05:50, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  US -Illinois 

message: Children's Day appears in the  template. Why is this? I can see that a small number of countries celebrate Children's Day on 25 December, but this doesn't seem a close enough connection to justify including it. Addedentry (talk) 21:58, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: What do you mean dumbo you do not divide what day it is on 4.36.58.88 (talk) 23:25, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Christmas Day? 

message: Children's Day 2020 Events
:Thailand’s Children’s Day is not to be confused with The United Nations Universal Children’s Day which is celebrated each year in November 20th. Wan Dek is something unique to Thailand!
:It's not authoritative, but we shouldn't assume that every country that honors its children, does so at the behest of the UN.
:Kortoso  (talk) 01:39, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thailand 

message: To my knowledge: In the Republic of Turkey April 23 declared as an official "Children's day" in May 3, 1981 at the time the leader was General Kenan Evren. (This is after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état)
Source: (the sources I use are from the OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY.) https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/17284.pdf
Kanun No.: 2429 Kabul Tarihi: 17/3/1981 (Law number 2429) ("Kabul Tarihi" means the date the law passed.) (Page 2 - Sayfa 2)
A) Resmi bayram günleri şunlardır: 1. 23 Nisan günü Ulusal Egemenlik ve Çocuk Bayramıdır. Bugün ana ve ilkokullar düzeyinde törenler yapılır. 
(These are the official holidays: April 23 is the National Sovereignty and Children's Day.) (It also says ceremonies must be held in primary and elementary schools.)
(This is the original law declaring April 23 as a National Day [date:02.05.1921 - Law Number: 13] https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/13.pdf which I am unable to read. But I'm pretty sure it doesn't mention a Children's day.)
This is the official gazette from June 1, 1935: https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/3017.pdf which includes the law about national holidays.
(Kanun No: 2739 Kabul Tarihi: 27/5/1935 - Law Number: 2739) 
[Sayfa: 5262 - Page: 5262 / pdf page: 4] it says: Madde 2: B - Ulusal Egemenlik Bayramı; 22 nisan öğleden sonra ve 23 nisan günü. (Article 2: B- "National Sovereignty Day" only.) (It also further clarifies the time table. i.e. April 22 afternoon and full April 23.)
(For the full history of the Turkish laws you can use mevzuat.gov.tr and search it in "Kanunlar Fihristi" - In Turkish: Tüm yasalar ve gecmişleri için mevzuat.gov.tr kullanınabilir. Ve full fihrist için Kanunlar Fihristi.)
So, if the "Children's Day" officially "declared" in 1920 or 1929 what is the Law Number for it?
To my knowledge Children's Day in Turkey is observed semi-officially by the Children Protection Institute (Formerly named Çocuk Esirgeme Kurumu now named Çocuk Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü). To my knowledge it wasn't an OFFICIAL DAY until General Kenan Evren. If somebody can prove otherwise, I'd be happy to see the Law declaring it as an official day.
Yoldangecerkenugrad1m (talk) 14:01, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  April 23 In The Republic of Turkey? 1920 or 1929 or 1981? 

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message: Children condition in nepal is very poor  . We don't have exact stat  about children but we can see that everywhere children are working, on street, in a shop   , bus, hotel or as a housekeeper due to lack of good policies . 202.51.88.81 (talk) 03:25, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Children's condition in Nepal 

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thread_title:  English children's day article 

message: The article has this text: "The customs of Children's Day were also significantly different in West and East Germany". It then has information about East Germany, but no information about West Germany. Please help!
Robert P. O'Shea (talk) 05:53, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incomplete information about West German children's day