CHILDREN AND POLITICS !

My two year old tells me “Donald Crump is not my cup of tea” any time she sees or hears of him lol we talked to her about voting and showed her pictures of each one and let her pick who we should vote for. She came with and got an I voted sticker! We plan to refrain from influencing because my husband and I both have very different views from our families and hated the excessive influence as kids and still as adults. If they ask we’ll share our thoughts but won’t try to pressure them either way

@Tessa and so if the come home with a different view , that goes completely against yours , do you just support it , or how do you navigate it.…or say , you discover your other family members are rubbing off on them naturally 🤔

Children only say that what they have heard at home. They believe what their parents say

In my opinion kids shouldn’t be in politics just because politics is bigger then a lot to understand I’m adult and I’m still like wtf is this lol it’s okay guide and of course kids have questions but I feel always teach them guide them whole heartedly with no hate even if u don’t agree with the other half.

I don’t plan on trying to influence my daughter politically but she did go with me to vote. I will just teach her that people deserve equal rights and compassion.

My 15 year old son has a lot of opinions about project 2025 which I don’t even know what half of it is. North Korea is another country that interests him. Think it’s mainly social media. My 8 year old doesn’t have an opinion but she watches news round at school which is current affairs.

I never discuss politics around my kids, and I rarely discuss it at all but when trying to explain the election to my 5yr old I said a man is running and a woman is running, he said oh I know. I hate trump. And I was like 😮 do you know who he is? My son was like no, but I hate him. I’m like dang ok 😂 must have been hearing something at school.

@Offy as long as they’re making an informed decision on who they support (once they’re older) I’ll support their decision. Much like @Victoria~ we’ll influence them in how to treat others and teach them our values which will more than likely influence their decisions in finding the candidate they agree with but we don’t intend to be a “our family votes this way” kind of family. I’d hope our families would support that for our children and it’ll be discussed when the time comes

I won’t be influencing my children in one way or another not politically & outright anyhow . I will educate them neutrally in every regard and they will be encouraged to make their minds up for themselves particularly when their critical thinking skills come into play around the age of 8 and older. It will also be important for them to back their beliefs up with facts , they need to be able to be able to support their positions adequately in lieu of rambling on mindlessly without having the wherewithal to obtain information on their own accord from the appropriate/ credible / channels / sources

No.

Also there’s no way for my children to be completely educated and be absolutely unaware of politics/ the political landscape- climate / arena . They are free to decide that they don’t need to pick a side and will simply remain neutral on the matter . They will be free to decide to have no interest at all in it and to move along to the next subject …however My personal aim certainly never will be to villainize anyone politically. My goal is to raise well informed human beings who are aware of how to conduct themselves appropriately / productively on every level