Reply #13: My kids are still young, but so far they are VERY aware [View All]

[conflictgirl]

When most kids are playing cops and robbers, my kids were 3 and 6 and pretending to be themselves as good guys vs. Bush and Cheney. :rofl:

My oldest is almost 9 and he actually blames Bush and Cheney for almost everything bad that happens in the world. LOL My husband and I discuss many political issues in front of the kids, and my oldest always wants us to explain the issue to him and we do. As a result he is very informed, more even than many adults I know. On election day in '04, he wore a t-shirt to school that said "I wouldn't vote for Bush if I were you." He was only a first grader and it was totally his idea to get the shirt and to wear it.

I am not naive enough to think that he'll always be this way. Right now, he certainly seems to be a liberal activist in training, but the teen years may either lead him to rebel or to become apathetic because politics aren't "cool." But I certainly hope these are values that will stick with all my kids!