The Spanish Observatory against LGBTophobia (StopLGBTophobia) recommends that schools change the celebration of Father's Day (March 19) and Mother's Day (first Sunday of May) for International Day of Families (May 15 ).

" From the Observatory against LGBTfobia we are worried about the involuntary situations of discrimination that are currently occurring in schools when they commemorate Father's Day or Mother's Day, forgetting that families in Spanish society are increasingly diverse . Therefore, the celebration of a few days thought exclusively in the traditional family of father and mother, makes single-parent families, in addition to homoparental families are completely ignored, in addition to other types of families when one or both parents and children are missing Are cared for by grandparents or other relatives, or when we talk about host families, "said Paco Ramirez, director of the StopLGBTophobia Observatory.

According to the Continuous Household Survey of 2015 conducted by the National Statistical Institute (INE) , in Spain there are 6,253,100 traditional families with one or more children, and 1,897,500 single- parent families (mother with children there are 1,541,700, 81 , 3% of the total, compared to 355,700 for father with children) , and 1,169,100 for other types of family compositions. There are 93,400 homosexual couples (56.6% male and 43.4% female). Click here for homemade gift ideas for parents.

" Each year it is traditional in many educational centers within its pedagogical program , when these dates are near, that the children prepare in the classroom drawings or other crafts as a gift to their father on Father's Day, or to his mother on the Day of Mother. But few people think of all those children who do not have a father or a mother, for one reason or another, and the mixed feelings they provoke, even giving rise to situations of clear discrimination and promotion of bullying, mockery and mockery Of other children, " says Paco Ramírez.

" Also in recent years the multiethnic and multinational composition of families who have emigrated from other countries to Spain has its correlation in the classrooms of our educational centers, where in many of them the multiethnic and multinational diversity of families of provenance . Something in what is not thought is that the celebration of Father's Day and Mother's Day, it changes from country to country, and obviously does not coincide with our dates, so for many children is very contradictory and confused the official celebration Of these days in educational centers and the celebration in their own homes and families, "explains the director of StopLGBTophobia.

" Therefore, from the Observatory against LGBTophobia we call on the educational centers and the AMPAS, for the celebration of a single day, the International Day of Families, which is internationally commemorated on May 15, and Coincides in all countries. In this way all children without exclusion could celebrate with their family regardless of its composition, avoiding discrimination and bullying, and commemorating the family diversity of our society, "explains Ramirez. For more information about.

" To conclude I would like to end with a sentence for the 'hate lobby': Do all children have a father? Do all children have a mother? Do not deceive! ", Completes Ramirez.