Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Children and Politics

Recently, a friend of mine was telling me about how political her little one, who is all of 2 1/2 years old has become. Apparently she has been correcting her teachers at preschool.

Teacher: Do you know who recently became president of the United States? President Barack Obama!

Little One: OH NOOOO, Miss Jones! We do not say that! That's a baaaaaaad word!

My friend, of course, was mortified. So the question is, how much and what do we say to our kids about politics?

Let the comments begin,

Melissa

3 comments:

  1. We don't necessarily coach our kids when it comes to politics, but we do let them know what's going on (as much as they can handle at 4 and 6—-clearly, it's a pretty tame discussion). Last year, Meredith proudly told her preschool teacher that Rocko Momma was going to run for president. This year we talked a lot about how she likes Sarah Palin's glasses.

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  2. That is too cute. It's never to early to start learning about what makes America great.

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  3. We have a 9 year old who knows this: (and will tell anyone who wants to listen) no matter who the President is, we should respect him/her because God has placed him/her in that position for a reason. He'll debate it til he's red in the face too!

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