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Criteria for Consideration in the Selection of Parents of the Year:

    1. Couple exemplifies qualities of sacrificial love.
         
    2. Parents have overcome major obstacles (emotional, physical, financial, etc.) to provide for children's personal development and happiness.
          
    3. Couples exhibits qualities of personal moral virtue and/or religious commitment.
          
    4. Parents have a noteworthy record of contributions to their family and community.

While recognizing that there are many successful parents in a variety of family arrangements and circumstances, the National Parents’ Day Council strives to lift up the model of the two-parent family. Studies have consistently shown that this family model, having both a father and a mother, provides the best possible foundation for children’s growth, security and lasting happiness. Candidates for National Parents’ of the Year are therefore happily married couples.