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A Flat Daddy (also Flat Mommy or Flat Soldier ) is a life-sized cardboard cut-out of someone absent from home, the idea being to keep connected to family members during a deploy...

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A Flat Daddy (also Flat Mommy or Flat Soldier) is a life-sized cardboard cut-out of someone absent from home, the idea being to keep connected to family members during a deployment. Flat Daddies came in fashion after the start of the Iraq War when spouses and children were left alone after soldiers were called up for duty. By the mid-2000s (decade), thousands of Flat Daddies have been produced for families in the USA.[1][2]

The Flat Daddy concept dates back to at least 2003, when Cindy Sorenson of Bismarck, North Dakota created a cutout of her husband who was deployed in Iraq with the North Dakota National Guard. The name was modeled on the 1964 children's book Flat Stanley and a program in which children mailed small cutouts of themselves. The idea was shared by Sorenson with Elaine Dumler, a motivational speaker who mentioned the idea in a book offering coping tips for families with a deploying soldier.[1] Dumler obtained a trademark on the term "Flat Daddy", hoping to prevent anyone from profiting on the idea.[3] Dumler filed for the trademark on October 16, 2006, for use as photographs of active duty military personnel mounted on cardboard cut-outs, vinyl, and photo paper and in books in the field of military family readiness. The trademark application indicated that the term was first used in September 2003.[4]

As of 2006, the Maine National Guard had produced 200 "Flat Daddy" and "Flat Mommy" cutouts for the families of soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Maine program was started based on information received at a National Guard conference. The state's family-support director noted the enthusiastic response to the program, stating that "If there's something we can do to make it a little easier on the families, then that's our job and our responsibility. It brings them a little bit closer and might help them somewhere down the line."[5][6]

By 2007, a Toledo, Ohio firm had manufactured over 1,000 of the cutout figures. While many of the initial Flat Daddies had been produced gratis, the firm was seeking sponsors for the 50 per week that it was producing.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Zezima, Katie (30 de septiembre de 2006). "Cuando los soldados van a la guerra, los papás con poco busto se quedan en casa" . The New York Times . Recuperado el 25 de agosto de 2008 .
  2. ↑ Chartrand, Molinda M.; Siegel, Benjamin (2007). "En guerra en Irak y Afganistán: Niños en familias militares estadounidenses". Ambulatory Pediatrics . 7 (1): 1– 2. doi : 10.1016/j.ambp.2006.11.004 . PMID 17261472 . 
  3. ↑ Harasim, Paul. "Compañero constante" , Las Vegas Review-Journal , 26 de agosto de 2007. Consultado el 25 de agosto de 2008. "Dumler dijo que registró la marca 'Flat Daddy' para asegurarse de que nadie intentara lucrarse con el concepto."
  4. ↑ Flat Daddy , Oficina de Patentes y Marcas de los Estados Unidos . Consultado el 25 de agosto de 2008.
  5. ↑ MacQuarrie, Brian vía The Boston Globe . "Está muerto, pero está en casa; réplicas a tamaño real reconfortan a las familias de los miembros de la Guardia Nacional" , San Francisco Chronicle , 31 de agosto de 2006. Consultado el 25 de agosto de 2008.
  6. ↑ "Escándalo de acoso sexual obliga al representante de Florida, Mark Foley, a renunciar; complot frustrado para atacar dentro de la Zona Verde; la 1.ª División de Caballería desplegada en Irak; fotografías de soldados a tamaño real ayudan a las familias en casa; consejos para aliviar el dolor de un padre enviado a la guerra; ardilla destructiva en un campus de Texas" , Sala de prensa de CNN , 30 de septiembre de 2006. Consultado el 25 de agosto de 2008.
  7. ↑ Brickey, Homer. "Imágenes de 'Flat Daddy' a tamaño real ayudan a las familias de los soldados a sobrellevar la situación: una empresa de Toledo envía copias a los familiares." , The Blade , 9 de marzo de 2007. Consultado el 25 de agosto de 2008.