Family Day — A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children
University of Hawaiʻi material describes Family Day as an annual event launched in 2001, developed from research by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, and held on the fourth Monday in September every year; Informed Families currently uses the same fourth-Monday rule for its Family Days campaign.
Date and recurrence
Fourth Monday in September
This observance follows a reusable calendar rule rather than one fixed Gregorian date. The actual date can move from year to year. Rule: Fourth Monday in September.
Scope and status
The verified scope stored for this record is United States / family-dinner campaign associated with CASA research and participating family-prevention organizations. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.
Also known as
National Family Day, Family Day, Family Days™
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
- Minors Context Care.
Sources
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa — Family Day history and fourth-Monday ruleUniversity Campaign History
- Informed Families — Family Days campaign toolkit and fourth-Monday ruleCurrent Campaign Organizer
Frequently asked questions
When is Family Day — A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children?
Fourth Monday in September The stored recurrence guidance is: Fourth Monday in September..
Does Family Day — A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children fall on the same date every year?
It follows a recurring calendar rule, so the Gregorian date can change from year to year.
Is Family Day — A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States / family-dinner campaign associated with CASA research and participating family-prevention organizations. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes Family Day — A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children?
The stored designation basis is: University of Hawaiʻi material describes Family Day as an annual event launched in 2001, developed from research by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, and held on the fourth Monday in September every year; Informed Families currently uses the same fourth-Monday rule for its Family Days campaign.. Supporting provenance includes University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa — Family Day history and fourth-Monday rule. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is Family Day — A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children international or country-specific?
This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States / family-dinner campaign associated with CASA research and participating family-prevention organizations.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-11.
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