LOL!!

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Registered: 03-19-2003
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Fri, 03-21-2008 - 7:46am

See what even kids can pick up from the media!!

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Registered: 09-14-1997
In reply to: cl_weberdns0
Fri, 03-21-2008 - 8:04am

Out of the mouths of babes comes....amusement.


Not political, but my Magpie (almost 4) has been singing lately, "You take the high road and I'll take the low road, and I'll be in Scotland a froggy." Then she hops down the hall like a frog.

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Registered: 05-29-2003
In reply to: cl_weberdns0
Fri, 03-21-2008 - 8:23am

Funny Sue :)


Kristen who is 10 yrs old.. when she hears the name "Hillary Clinton" she says "She can't be President"! The thing is? We don't really talk about it all around here.. My DH gets to annoyed to talk Politics and so I have no idea where she got that line

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: cl_weberdns0
Fri, 03-21-2008 - 8:43am

Yikes!

 


 


I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

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Registered: 05-29-2003
In reply to: cl_weberdns0
Fri, 03-21-2008 - 9:22am

You took it the wrong way.. which is something that happens with text when you can't tell inflection.


It's not that A woman can't be President.. it's *THAT* woman?

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Registered: 03-24-2005
In reply to: cl_weberdns0
Fri, 03-21-2008 - 9:53am

Your 10 year old daughter is FAR more enlightened than my father!


It isn't just THAT woman that can't be president.


Dad (who is 77 years old): "What do you mean you might vote for Hillary Clinton? That is simply impossible. EVERYBODY knows that women are not capable of running this country. How can a woman possibly be the Commander In Chief? What does she know about economics or being tough? No, EVERYBODY knows that will never happen."


{{{{sigh}}}}}}


How long does it take before we bridge that gap?

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: cl_weberdns0
Fri, 03-21-2008 - 10:36am

Well, I do think I'd still have to say, "that woman can and may well be President whether or she is our first choice."

 


 


I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

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Registered: 02-27-2008
In reply to: cl_weberdns0
Fri, 03-21-2008 - 11:04am

Please ask her why...maybe sometimes when dh isn't home if political talk bothers him (how will your kids learn about politics though if you never talk to them about it??

Community Leader
Registered: 09-14-1997
In reply to: cl_weberdns0
Fri, 03-21-2008 - 11:14am

(how will your kids learn about politics though if you never talk to them about it??

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
In reply to: cl_weberdns0
Fri, 03-21-2008 - 11:21am
Actually my 12 year old wants Hillary to lose as she plans to be the first woman president!
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Registered: 02-27-2008
In reply to: cl_weberdns0
Fri, 03-21-2008 - 12:16pm

I think it perfectly reasonable to teachers to explain how the political system is set up, that there are two major parties and a few smaller ones, how a presidental election works, primaries, the electoral college, the conventions.....


But a conversation like "hillary shouldn't be president" -- the response to that would entirely depend on the politics of the teacher and that is an area, like religion, that has no place in the classroom in my opinion.


I only ever vote at the polls so I can wear my "I voted" sticked on election day and tell the kids how vital I think voting is (my current students will be eligible to vote in the next preisidental election and I'm always telling them the one thing I'll come back and kick them in the butt for is NOT voting) but I'd never consider discussing the reasonableness of a particular candidate for office in the classroom.


Rose

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