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Photo: Boy catches fish…and dad is proud! This Norman Rockwell image taken yesterday of pier fishing at the Seal Beach Pier shows how much a father or father image can mean to a child.

With our report on Father’s Day Weekend Events to celebrate in California, and that special Hawaiian shirt to buy, you should have Father’s Day all wrapped up by now. But if not, here are some facts and trends about dads and Father’s Day…

FATHER’S DAY FACTS

• Established by a daughter honoring her father in 1910
• Declared 3rd Sunday in June in 1966
• 60 countries celebrate Father’s Day in June
• There are over 70 million fathers in the U.S.
• Necktie is most popular gift, though trends are changing
• 90% of runaway kids are from fatherless homes
• If paid, dad’s household tasks & contributions are worth $20,248 this year (mom’s are worth $60, 182)
• Average spent Father’s Day $117; average spent on Mother’s Day $152
• 150,000 U.S. dads are stay at home fathers
• $2.3 billion spent in 2012 vs. $2.0 billion in 2011 for a special Father’s Day outing, such as golfing, eating out or heading to a sporting event
• $1.7 billion spent on electronic gift in 2o12
• $1.7 billion spent on apparel in 2012
•  $1.7 billion on gift cards, sporting goods, music

SEE CALIFORNIA.COM FATHER’S DAY IDEAS:

• Visit the new penguin exhibit at Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific  or get wild at Steinhart Aquarium in SF
• Play a round of golf at Pebble Beach Golf Links, or somewhere else
• Ride a bike in San Diego with your dad
• Go to a county fair
• Eat out! Go BBQ ribs, chicken, steaks, or sushi–whatever DAD wants!
• Go to a ball game, skate park, beach, lake, jetski, boating, fishing, spa, tennis
• Do something for dad that he normally does–take out the trash, wash the car, water the lawn