A university academic is leading the charge to rename Father’s Day.

Early childhood activist Dr Red Ruby Scarlet told Today Tonight:

“If we think about children rights… sometimes shifting the language around those emotive and important days can be significant and more inclusive than the current way we describe them.

“There are a huge range of different family structures. We have single parent families, satellite families, extended families, lesbian and gay families.”

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