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Children’s Days

How do you celebrate your Children’s Day? The Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is the most widely ratified international human rights treaty, sets out a number of children’s rights including the right to life, to health, to education and to play, as well as the right to family life, to be protected from violence, to not be discriminated, and to have their views heard. The officially recognized date of Children’s Day varies from country to country. On this page, you’ll find Children’s Day dates.

National traditions, public holidays and notable observances for 2025-2026 years

January 2025

February 2025

Saturday 22 February - Stork Day in Haslach im Kinzigtal (When the streets become a children's paradise)

March 2025

Thursday 20 March - World Fairy Tale Day (arose on the initiative of Sweden in 1991)
Saturday 29 March - National Day of Girls and Boys Victims of Forced Disappearance in El Salvador (Día Nacional de las Niñas y los Niños Víctimas de la Desaparición Forzada)
Sunday 30 March - School Day of Non-Violence and Peace (DENIP in countries with Southern Hemisphere school calendars. Founded in 1964); The Heidelberg Summer Day procession (a spectacle at the turn of the seasons)

April 2025

Friday 25 April - Parental Alienation Awareness Day (Parental alienation is a problem that most people don't know about. It is child abuse and needs to be stopped.)
Monday 28 April - National Children’s Book Week in USA (Starts on the last Monday of April)

May 2025

Monday 5 May - Children's Day in Japan and South Korea (Tango no sekku, also known as Ayame no hi )
Sunday 25 May - National Missing Children's Day in United States (and its related observances: - International Missing Children's Day); Children's Day in Hungary (celebrated on the last Sunday in May); Early Education Day in Peru

June 2025

Sunday 8 June - Children's Day in Haiti (Held on the second Sunday in June)
Saturday 14 June - World Doll Day (Every year on the second Saturday in June)
Monday 16 June - International Day of the African Child (Organisation of African Unity)
Sunday 29 June - Grandchildren's Day in New Jersey, USA (celebrated from 2014 on the last Sunday of June)

July 2025

Sunday 20 July - Children's Day in Venezuela (Held on the third Sunday of July)

August 2025

Monday 4 August - National Children's Day in Tuvalu (Spend on the first Monday of August)
Sunday 10 August - Children's Day in Chile (Celebrated on the Sunday of the first full week of August)
Monday 11 August - Sons and Daughters Day in Germany (The Der Tag der Söhne und Töchter a family holiday and a good time to spend time together)
Sunday 17 August - Children's Day in Argentina and Peru (celebrated on the third Sunday in August)
Saturday 30 August - Family Day in Hamburg (Celebrated on the last Saturday in August)

September 2025

Sunday 7 September - World Day of Destruction of a Military Toy (The 1987 idea of the World Association for Orphans and Children without Parental Care has been celebrated since 1988)
Sunday 21 September - World Children's Festival in Planten un Blomen (takes place on the third Sunday in September)

October 2025

Thursday 2 October - Worldwide Day of Play (is an annual event designed to encourage children and parents to turn off the television and play together, especially outdoors)
Friday 3 October - Children's Day in Singapore (celebrated on the first Friday of October)
Monday 6 October - Child Health Day in US (on the first Monday in October. Each child deserves to be the healthiest he or she can be)
Sunday 12 October - Children's Day in Brazil (Nossa Senhora Aparecida)
Thursday 23 October - National Red Ribbon Week in USA (is the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation reaching millions of young people); Global Day of Action for Child Survival
Thursday 30 October - Mischief Night (United States and Canada) - Beggars Night (certain regions of the United States)

November 2025

Sunday 2 November - Children's Day in South Africa (Celebrated on the first Saturday in November)
Friday 14 November - Bal Diwas in India (celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru. Children's Day)

December 2025

Saturday 6 December - St Nicholas Day (International. The St. Nicholas/Santa Claus leaves little presents in children's shoesl)
Thursday 25 December - Children's Day in Cameroon (also Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Republic of Congo); Christmas Day

January 2026

Thursday 1 January - Global Family Day (is grew out of the UN Millennium Day celebration, which included the distribution of the 1996 children's book One Day at a Time)
Tuesday 6 January - World War Orphans Day (was initiated by the French organisation, SOS Enfants en Detresses)
Saturday 10 January - Children's Day or Wan Dek Haeng Chat in Thailand (It is celebrated on the second Saturday of January)